A New Priority for Mental Health

"The IAPT programme costs commissioners nothing. This is because people with depression and anxiety disorders cost the NHS a huge amount in terms of their physical healthcare. Thus people with long-term physical conditions cost the NHS around £6,000 per year in physical healthcare if they are mentally ill, but only £4,000 if they are not mentally ill. This difference of £2,000 compares with the cost per person treated in IAPT of around £650 – a one-off cost. "

A New Priority for Mental Health
R Layard
Centre for Economic Performance
London School of Economics and Political Science
May 2015

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A cost-utility analysis of a rehabilitation service for people living with and beyond cancer

"We conducted a wait-list control randomised trial of an outpatient rehabilitation service for people living with and beyond cancer, delivered in a hospice day care unit. We report the results of an economic evaluation undertaken using the trial data."

A cost-utility analysis of a rehabilitation service for people living with and beyond cancer
J Round, B Leurent, L Jones
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:558  doi:10.1186/s12913-014-0558-5

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Sport and Exercise Medicine: A Fresh Approach in Practice

"The diverse range of sport and exercise services in this document highlights the opportunities to commission new services to positively improve health and health economics in the NHS." 

Sport and Exercise Medicine: A Fresh Approach in Practice: a National Health Service information document
Weiler R, Jones N et al.
Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine
July 2014

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Wheelchair interventions, services and provision for disabled children

"There is a distinct lack of high quality effectiveness and economic evidence in this field. Social and health needs should be seen as equally important when assessing the mobility needs of disabled children."

Wheelchair interventions, services and provision for disabled children: a mixed-method systematic review and conceptual framework
N Bray, J Noyes, RT Edwards, N Harris
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:309

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Innovation in health economic modelling of service improvements for longer-term depression

"The purpose of the analysis was to develop a health economic model to estimate the costs and health benefits of alternative National Health Service (NHS) service configurations for people with longer-term depression. Cost-effective service improvements for longer-term depression have been identified. Also identified were limitations of the current evidence for the long term impact of services."

Innovation in health economic modelling of service improvements for longer-term depression: demonstration in a local health community
J Tosh, et al.
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:150

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Health systems, health, wealth and societal well-being

This book looks at how health systems are part of improving health and achieving better economic growth.

Health systems, health, wealth and societal well-being
Edited by J Figueras, M McKee
May 2012

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The economic impact of improvements in primary healthcare performance

"Better health outcomes have a positive impact on employment, productivity and economic growth."

The economic impact of improvements in primary healthcare performance
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
May 2012

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Health datasets for economists

"This Compendium of Health Datasets for Economists (ICoHDE) provides the largest collection of English specific datasets available for researchers interested in the field of economics of health and health care."


The interactive compendium of health datasets for economists
University of Oxford
2011

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