In HealthTalks, Dr Rocco Friebel explores the latest developments in health care markets around the world.Together with co-hosts Meskerem Kebede, Tom Hannah and Robin Forrest, the podcast by the Department of Health Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science contributes to an informed and evidence-based discussion of health policy issues for students, academics, policymakers, and anyone else with a general interest in health policy. Each episode discusses a specific, hot problem and explores multifaceted possible solutions. We aim to advance and challenge listeners understanding of health systems and the social, economic, and political contexts in which they operate.

LSE Health Talks
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In HealthTalks, Dr Rocco Friebel explores the latest developments in health care markets around the world.Together with co-hosts Meskerem Kebede, Tom Hannah and Robin Forrest, the podcast by the Department of Health Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science contributes to an informed and evidence-based discussion of health policy issues for students, academics, policymakers, and anyone else with a general interest in health policy. Each episode discusses a specific, hot problem and explores multifaceted possible solutions. We aim to advance and challenge listeners understanding of health systems and the social, economic, and political contexts in which they operate.
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9/22/2021
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Recent Episodes

December 31, 2021
8. The race against antimicrobial resistance: Fighting a silent killer
Antimicrobials are essential to modern medicine, not just for treating active bacterial infections but during routine procedures such as caesarean sections, organ transplants or chemotherapy. In recent decades, there has been a lack of development of new antibiotics and old ones are becoming ineffective. Our guests, Dame Sally Davies and Dr Avi Cherla argue that without new antibiotics, along with a marked change in the way we use existing treatments, the impact of antimicrobial...

December 17, 2021
7. High-cost, high-need research: Comparing the patient journey in national health systems
The way health care systems are funded, structured, and operationalised differs vastly across countries, which makes it challenging to understand how a given health care system performs compared to its neighbours. Our guest, Dr Irene Papanicolas, argues that deriving an understanding of how health systems deliver care to vulnerable patient groups can play an important role to encourage policy transfer and mutual learning. Hosts Dr Rocco Friebel Dr Tom Hannah&n...

December 3, 2021
6. How much is too much? Financing health systems in the 21st century
Spending on healthcare has accelerated in countries across the world, yet there appears to be no obvious systematic pattern with the way health systems operate and the quality of care they provide. Our guest, Dr Zeynep Or tries to answer some of the most pressing questions: how can we finance our health systems in the future, and will we be able to afford it? Hosts Dr Rocco Friebel Dr Tom Hannah Guests Dr Zeynep Or (Research Director at the Institute for Res...
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