Health System

Health System features information about how health systems work and the potential economic value of integrated care systems.

Health Financing

Using Health Economics to set Priorities for Essential Health Benefits: The Case for Including The Impact On Economic Productivity

Using Health Economics to set Priorities for Essential Health Benefits: The Case for Including The Impact On Economic Productivity

Governments and health insurance providers use pooled funds to purchase essential health benefits for their citizens or insured populations.
Health Financing
What Are Essential Health Benefits? A Simple Guide

What Are Essential Health Benefits? A Simple Guide

Essential Health Benefits: Governments and health insurers use pooled funds to purchase health benefits for their citizens or insured populations....
Health Financing, Health System
Health Financing Explained: Provider Payment Models

Health Financing Explained: Provider Payment Models

Providers (such as hospitals and doctors) need to be paid for the health care services they provide. This can be done through a variety of provider payment models...
Health Financing, Health System
Health Financing Explained: Strategic Purchasing

Health Financing Explained: Strategic Purchasing

Pooled funds are used to provide strategic purchasing of health care services...
Health Financing, Health System
Health Financing Explained: Risk Pooling

Health Financing Explained: Risk Pooling

Risk Pooling requires funds gathered at scale can be pooled together in a way that allows them to be used more efficiently and effectively...
Health Financing, Health System
Health Financing Explained: Revenue Sources

Health Financing Explained: Revenue Sources

Revenue sources can be done at scale through government contributions, taxes, social insurance contributions, private insurance contributions, or philanthropic contributions...
Health Financing, Health System

Health Providers

Economic Workforce Planning: Treating People as Assets, Not Costs

Economic Workforce Planning: Treating People as Assets, Not Costs

In this article, we’ll argue that, despite recent history, treating healthcare staff as a cost and not an asset needs to be reversed when developing workforce plans and approaches in 2022.
Health Providers
The Healthcare Workforce: A Simple Guide

The Healthcare Workforce: A Simple Guide

The terms healthcare workforce or healthcare professionals cover a vast array of disciplines and professional practices. There are over 350 different health careers including medical, nursing, allied health professionals, scientific, and managerial. Increasingly health professionals work in multi-disciplinary or multi-professional teams and, as workforce training and skills development evolve, many are now able to extend […]
Health Providers, Health System
What Is Social Care? A Simple Guide

What Is Social Care? A Simple Guide

In this economic lens we look at what social care is and who might need it, the relationship between social care and healthcare.
Health Providers, Health System
What Are The Different Types of Healthcare Providers? A Simple Guide

What Are The Different Types of Healthcare Providers? A Simple Guide

This article looks at the ownership structures of the different types of healthcare providers
Health Providers, Health System
What are Levels of Care? A Simple Guide

What are Levels of Care? A Simple Guide

Levels of care describe the severity of an issue and the kinds of health conditions the doctors treat as well as the specialities that they practice.
Health Providers, Health System
The Economic Value of a Healthy Health Workforce

The Economic Value of a Healthy Health Workforce

Health professionals are expensive to train, recruit, and provide cover for when absent. We look at the economic cost to the health system when they are unwell.
Health Providers

Healthcare Delivery

Medical Technology ‘Med Tech’: Health Economic Value Explained

Medical Technology ‘Med Tech’: Health Economic Value Explained

Medical Technology - Med Tech is a rapidly growing sector with numerous innovations emerging every day. This technology has the potential to revolutionise healthcare, bringing about significant improvements in patient outcomes while reducing the cost of healthcare services.
Digital Health, Health System
Pharmaceutical Value Explained

Pharmaceutical Value Explained

The pharmaceutical industry is a significant contributor to the global economy and to health systems and health care across the world.
Health System, Healthcare Delivery

Integrated Care

Integrated Care Systems: Value Case For Child Health Hubs

Integrated Care Systems: Value Case For Child Health Hubs

Integrated care systems for children can provide significant benefits for children and their families, for those working with children across the whole spectrum of health, social care, education and other services.
Health System, Integrated Care
Integrated Healthcare for Children: The Child Health Hub

Integrated Healthcare for Children: The Child Health Hub

An "ideal" child health integrated healthcare system can be described as one that acknowledges the distinct requirements of children, young individuals, and their families.
Integrated Care
The Value Of Care Pathways Explained

The Value Of Care Pathways Explained

Integrated care is increasingly underpinned by formal pre-defined care pathways for individuals with complex needs who need support from a wider range of
Health System, Integrated Care
Health Informatics And Information: An Overview

Health Informatics And Information: An Overview

Health informatics, health information and health data are an important and valuable asset for patients who need to know about their own health status and
Digital Health, Health System
The Economic Value of the Breast Clinician Credential

The Economic Value of the Breast Clinician Credential

This project involved the development of a value proposition for the Credential, and an economic model to measure the return on investment of the new training credential
Integrated Care
What are Integrated Care Systems? A Simple Guide

What are Integrated Care Systems? A Simple Guide

This article provides an overview of what is meant by integrated care, the evidence that supports it as a health system model
Health System, Integrated Care

Education & Training

Educating & Training The Healthcare Workforce: An Overview

Educating & Training The Healthcare Workforce: An Overview

The Healthcare Workforce The healthcare workforce is an integral part of any successful health system. There are many different professions which collectively comprise the healthcare workforce (see for example: The healthcare workforce: a simple guide. They all have skills, capabilities and competencies that reflect the bespoke education, training and continuous professional development they need to […]
Education & Training, Health System

Research & Development

Health Research And Development: An Overview

Health Research And Development: An Overview

Why is there Research And Development in Healthcare? Health research and development is really important to the health sector. It provides clinical practitioners and health system investors with innovation and associated evidence for prevention interventions, effective treatments and care pathways. In this economic lens we provide an overview of health research and development and its […]
Health System, Research & Development
The Health Economics of Patient Safety

The Health Economics of Patient Safety

Patient safety is a top priority for patients, healthcare professionals, healthcare provider organisations, those that purchase healthcare on behalf of...
Governance & Regulation, Health System

Governance & Regulation

Stakeholders In Healthcare: An Overview

Stakeholders In Healthcare: An Overview

What Is A Stakeholder In Healthcare? Stakeholders are individuals or groups who have an interest in a sector, such as the health system. They can influence decisions, shape policy and create an environment that best serves the needs of those involved in the sector. In this economic lens we provide a summary of 12 different […]
Governance & Regulation, Health System
The Health Economics of Patient Safety

The Health Economics of Patient Safety

Patient safety is a top priority for patients, healthcare professionals, healthcare provider organisations, those that purchase healthcare on behalf of...
Governance & Regulation, Health System

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