Health system performance comparison

"International health system performance comparisons have the potential to provide a rich source of evidence as well as policy influence."

Policy summary 4: Health system performance comparison: an agenda for policy, information and research
PC Smith, I Papanicolas
World Health Organization
May 2012

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Health and Social Care Bill explained

The Department of Health has published a series of factsheets on the Health and Social Care Bill to explain particular topics contained in the Bill, including its key themes.

Access the factsheets here.

Economic regulation in health care

"This paper is essential reading for policy-makers considering the role of economic regulation in health care, and those tasked with implementing the new system of regulation in England."

Economic regulation in health care: What can we learn from other regulators?
A Dixon, T Harrison, C Mundle
The King's Fund
November 2011

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Facilitating the use of research evidence

"Facilitating the use of research is the topic of a newly published virtual issue of The Milbank Quarterly. The issue includes, in chronological order, twenty-two articles and two commentaries that were published in the Quarterly between 2001 and 2011."

Facilitating the use of research evidence
Milbank Quarterly - 2011 Milbank Memorial Fund
Edited by Bradford H. Gray
2011

Read the whole issue here.

United Kingdom (England) health system review

"The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) profiles are country-based reports that provide a detailed description of a health system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or under development in a specific country."

United Kingdom (England) health system review
Sean Boyle
Health Systems in Transition, 2011 13(1)
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

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Provider economics impact assessment model

The Department in partnership with the NHS Confederation have produced the Provider economics commissioning impact assessment model. with associated guidance and summary to better understand provider economics.

The purpose of the model is to enable commissioners and providers:

• to analyse the potential impact of commissioning decisions on service continuity and provider sustainability
• to understand how the financial system risks of decommissioning and reconfiguring services will materialise in differing economic scenarios and whether services provide value for money.

Provider economics impact assessment model
Department of Health and NHS Confederation
21st December 2010

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