Seminar Series in Health Policy at Nuffield College, Oxford
You are welcome to attend the Centre's Seminar Series in Health Policy on selected Wednesdays in May (4.30pm to 6pm in the Large Lecture Room). The term's final seminar (with Professor Martin Roland of the University of Cambridge, Wednesday 30th May) is titled 'Financial incentives in hospitals: learning from QOF'. Please click the link below for further information.
Conference on Primary Care in Deprived Areas
On 22nd-23rd March and in conjunction with the College of Medicine, the Centre held a successful conference at Nuffield College, Oxford on Primary Care in Deprived Areas. The conference brought together prominent academics and practitioners to analyse and develop understanding of the issues in such areas. Please click the link below for further information.
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Working paper on Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios
Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios indicate hospital safety by estimating the number of above-expected deaths in hospital. This paper examines all cause mortality statistics and shows that PCTs served by hospitals with high HSMRs do have higher all cause mortality. However, it also shows that out of hospital mortality is lower in PCTs with high HSMRs.
Alternative approaches to the funding of health workforce training
The Centre has received funding to produce research projects for the Department of Health, with two or three projects under way at any one time and a completion time of around six months. In the first of two commissions, the Centre is studying how health sector training might be funded in a decentralised and provider based way, drawing upon overseas experience of such levies.
New research commissioned on assured voluntary regulation
The second of the two commissions concerns taking forward the voluntary regulation of staff who are not covered by statutory professional regulation by providing the opportunity to register with a professional body. The Centre is considering how such schemes might best be implemented and help further the development of professional conduct, ethical practice and high performance.
New research on the role of peer review in improving hospital quality
The Centre has been commissioned by the Health Foundation to explore the options and costs for implementing peer review into hospital services. Peer review aims to raise the quality of care by improving communication between professionals and reinforcing the professional ethic. We will focus on what should be reviewed, how it should be reviewed and who should review it.
The Centre for Health Service Economics & Organisation (CHSEO, founded December 2010) is an innovative research unit focused on whole-system analysis of the English health sector and selected local health economies. Embedded at Nuffield College in the University of Oxford and funded by the Department of Health, working both with economists and operational researchers, the Centre is well placed to produce high quality analysis with a broader perspective.
In addition to carrying out longer-term projects commissioned by the Department of Health, the Centre is also able to provide quality, affordable analytical services for other organisations. Please contact us for more information.
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