Welcome to the LSE Health website. On the following pages you will find out more about its research and teaching activities, news, events, publications and details on how to contact us.

Mission of LSE Health

The mission of LSE Health is to advance, transmit and sustain knowledge and understanding through the conduct of research, teaching and scholarship at the highest international standards, for the benefit of the international and national health policy community. We aim to expand and improve conceptual frameworks, apply new methodologies, encourage debate about issues raised by research developments and introduce new questions or themes that will contribute to policy discussions. The Centre is committed to interdisciplinary research that benefits policy makers and health professionals. To support this mission the Centre’s key priority is to recruit, develop and retain staff of the highest quality and provide a working environment that enables staff to optimise their contribution to the Centre.

Latest

Pharmaceutical policies in Finland - Challenges and opportunities, prepared by Professor Elias Mossialos and Ms Divya Srivastava at the London School of Economics and Political Science
Ensuring Value for Money: The Role of Health Technology Assessment in the European Union. By Corinna Sorenson, Michael Drummond, and Panos Kanavos
The other invisible hand: Delivering public services through choice and competition. By Julian Le Grand, Julian Le Grand, Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy
LSE Health Working Paper No.9
2008 Merck Foundation Lecture, Professor Reinhard Busse. Presentation
Health Economics, Policy and Law - latest issue
Eurohealth - Volume 14 No 2 (PDF)

This issue focuses on pharmaceutical policy challenges in Europe bringing together perspectives first aired at the European Health Forum Gastein. Issues covered include the balance between cost and the need to provide incentives for innovation; the role of value based pricing and the challenges and economic evaluation of orphan drug. In addition the issue looks at some health development issues focusing on public-private partnerships for health and development and improving access to medicines in sub-Saharan Africa. This issues snapshot looks at recent reforms in Slovakia.
Euro Observer - Volume 10 No 2 (PDF)

This issue of Euro Observer summaries the key policies employed in seven OECD countries to promote the use of generic medicines and their role in achieving cost savings within health care systems. Two accompanying case studies look at the potential savings to health insurance and a phenomenon known as the ‘generics paradox’.
Colorectal cancer in Europe and Australia: challenges and opportunities for the future by Panos Kanavos, Willemien Schurer, Candida Owusu-Apenten and Richard Sullivan. June 2008.

Members of LSE Health have been working on the management of colorectal cancer in Europe and Australia. This research aims to capture current information regarding the management and funding of colorectal cancer (CRC) in Europe and Australia and is based on primary and secondary sources. Specifically, the objectives of the research are, first, to understand the available CRC data sources, their accessibility, availability, and use in research and policy. Second, to map cancer and CRC funding and resource allocation processes. Third, to identify CRC primary and secondary (screening) prevention policies, and their encouragement, implementation and enforcement. Fourth, to discuss national and international CRC standards of care. Fifth, to examine implementation of national guidance and to examine current pathways for CRC management. Sixth, to assess access and availability of CRC diagnostic services and pharmaceutical treatments. And, finally, to investigate the appropriateness and adequacy of current funding and management of CRC services.
Health Systems in Transition (HiT) profiles by European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

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Address and contacts

Professor Elias Mossialos
Centre Director, LSE Health
Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 7955 7564
Email: e.a.mossialos@lse.ac.uk

Professor Julian Le Grand
Chair, LSE Health Management Committee
Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 7955 7353
Email: j.legrand@lse.ac.uk

Professor Alistair McGuire
Head, Department of Social Policy
Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 7955 6375
Email: a.j.mcguire@lse.ac.uk

Ms Champa Heidbrink
Centre Manager, LSE Health
Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 7955 6840
Email: c.heidbrink@lse.ac.uk

LSE Health
Cowdray House
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE

Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7955 6840
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