Value for money in healthcare – Health Foundation supported research programme at LSE

Overview

The Health Foundation is providing support for a three year programme of research into value for money at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).  The research team will explore how healthcare resources are being spent in the UK and whether this provides value.

The research team plan to apply the SYMPOSE approach to explore the VfM for treatment of glue ear. This will help to develop the methodology further so that it can be confidently applied to other disease areas that currently demonstrate large variations in treatment or intervention. The team also plan to apply a VfM methodology to develop scenarios for the prevention and treatment of alcohol-related diseases such as liver disease.A range of publications will be generated from the various work streams and will include articles in high quality peer reviewed journals, as well as reports published by the Health Foundation. 

What we’re doing

The focus of this research programme in 2012 is on developing and applying the socio-economic SYMPOSE approach to examining value for money (VFM) for a range of healthcare interventions. The research team will be evaluating the success of the approach thus allowing them to determine how best it can be disseminated across the NHS.  

The research team plan to apply the SYMPOSE approach to explore the VfM for treatment of glue ear. This will help to develop the methodology further so that it can be confidently applied to other disease areas that currently demonstrate large variations in treatment or intervention. The team also plan to apply a VfM methodology to develop scenarios for the prevention and treatment of alcohol-related diseases such as liver disease.

A range of publications will be generated from the various work streams and will include articles in high quality peer reviewed journals, as well as reports published by the Health Foundation. 

When will the findings be available?

This ongoing work will report throughout 2012. 

For further information please contact:

Darshan Patel, Research and Development Manager