Bean counting and the NHS
I was recently questioned about the future of the NHS, during a live debate on the BBC Radio 4 programme Moral Maze, on 9 July 2014. One of the panelists took me to task for… Read More »Bean counting and the NHS
equity
No borders, no nations, no user charges
It was recently proposed that, here in the UK, foreigners should start having to pay towards their health care because of the apparent budgetary pressure from ‘health tourists’. Let’s be clear upfront; this isn’t a problem. If you… Read More »No borders, no nations, no user charges
Economics of personalised medicine: an introduction
Personalised medicine appears to be an inevitable future of health care, and economists aren’t ready for it. It has various monikers and related concepts including precision medicine, stratified medicine, pharmacogenomics, pharmacogenetics and predictive medicine. But, whatever you… Read More »Economics of personalised medicine: an introduction
The potential of the super QALY to reconcile the key contentions in health economics
Economics is largely about trade-offs and compromise. Academics study the former but don’t often engage in the latter. In health economics, as in other fields, a key trade-off is between equity and efficiency. We’ve been studying… Read More »The potential of the super QALY to reconcile the key contentions in health economics