Private health insurance and the internal market (2009)
Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias
Commentators increasingly have highlighted that there is a dissonance in the European approach to health policy. Within the European Union, the Treaties stipulate healthcare as an area of exclusive...
Addressing financial sustainability in health systems (2009)
Thomson, Sarah, Foubister, Thomas, Kutzin, Joseph, Permanand, Govin, Bryndová, L.
Financing health care in the European Union: challenges and policy responses (2009)
Thomson, Sarah, Foubister, Thomas, Mossialos, Elias
Health care systems across the European Union face a common challenge: the high cost of health care. Governments strive to ensure that cost pressures do not undermine values such as universal...
Private health insurance in the European Union (2009)
Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias
This report provides an overview and analysis of markets for private health insurance (PHI) in the European Union (EU). Part 1 reviews market role, size, structure and conduct and public policy...
Gemmill, Marin C., Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias
As pharmaceutical expenditure continues to rise, third-party payers in most high-income countries have increasingly shifted the burden of payment for prescription drugs to patients. A large body of...
Learning from other countries: an on-call facility for health care policy (2008)
Nolte, Ellen, Ettelt, Stefanie, Thomson, Sarah, Mays, Nicholas
Recognizing that robust information on health systems in other countries can provide valuable lessons for the English National Health Service, the Department of Health commissioned an academic team...
Health care financing in the context of social security (2008)
Thomson, Sarah, Foubister, Thomas, Mossialos, Elias
In view of increasing cost pressures, this paper aims to provide guidance to national EU policy-makers faced with the challenge of reconciling financial sustainability of health systems with the...
Warranties and indemnities in contracts: protecting and exploiting IP (2007)
Doshi, Belinda, Thomson, Sarah
Legal context Warranties and indemnities are present in most contracts but are particularly relevant in contracts involving intellectual property(IP), where the contract subject matter is intangible...
Health systems in transition: template for analysis (2007)
Mossialos, Elias, Allin, Sara, Figueras, Josep, Busse, Reinnhard, Dixon, Anna, Grosse-Tebbe, Susanne, ...
A review of the role and responsibilities of national ministries of health in five countries (2007)
Ettelt, Stefanie, Nolte, Ellen, Thomson, Sarah, Mays, Nicholas
Private medical insurance in the United Kingdom (2006)
Foubister, T, Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias, McGuire, Alistair
Health care outside hospital: accessing generalist and specialist care in eight countries (2006)
Ettelt, Stefanie, Nolte, Ellen, Mays, Nicholas, Thomson, Sarah
Private medical insurance in the United Kingdom (2006)
Foubister, Thomas, Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias, McGuire, Alistair
Health systems profiles template (2005)
Thomson, Sarah, Allin, Sara, Busse, Reinnhard
This has been replaced see item ID 21609 in LSE Research Online.
Report on private medical insurance to the UK Department of Health (2005)
McGuire, Alistair, Foubister, Thomas, Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias
Health care systems in transition: Estonia (2004)
Jesse, M, Habicht, J, Aaviksoo, A, Koppel, A, Irs, A, Thomson, Sarah
Health and health systems in the new member states of the European Union (2004)
Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias, McKee, M., Nolte, E., Allin, Sara
DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE EVALUATION STUDIES FINANCING, HEALTH (2004)
Simone Sandier, Valérie Paris, Dominique Polton, Sarah Thomson, Elias Mossialos, Health Care Reform
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