Oliver, Adam


Dr Adam Oliver  

Department

Position held

LSE Health

Reader

Department of Social Policy

Reader

Experience keywords:

health policy; health economics

Languages:

Japanese [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]

Media experience:

Radio

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6471

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2013

Oliver, Adam (2013) Reflecting on the UK government's health and social care act 2012: introduction. Health economics, policy and law, 8 (2). pp. 235-236. ISSN 1744-1331

Oliver, Adam (2013) Testing procedural invariance in the context of health. Health economics, 22 (3). pp. 272-288. ISSN 1057-9230

Oliver, Adam (2013) The US Supreme Court decision on the constitutional legitimacy of the Affordable Care Act. Health economics, policy and law, 8 (1). pp. 111-112. ISSN 1744-1331

Oliver, Adam (2013) Should behavioural economic policy be anti-regulatory? Health economics, 22 (4). pp. 373-375. ISSN 1057-9230

Sorenson, Corinna and Gusmano, Michael and Oliver, Adam (2013) The politics of comparative effectiveness research: lessons from recent history. Journal of health politics, policy and law, ISSN 0361-6878

2012

Oliver, Adam (2012) A nudge too far? a nudge at all? on paying people to be healthy. Healthcare papers , 12 (4). pp. 8-16. ISSN 1488-917X

Oliver, Adam and Brown, Lawrence D. (2012) A consideration of user financial incentives to address health inequalities. Journal of health politics, policy and law, 37 (2). pp. 201-226. ISSN 0361-6878

Oliver, Adam (2012) Introduction: health economics, policy and law (2012), 7 (4). Health economics, policy and law, 7 (4). pp. 383-384. ISSN 1744-1331

Oliver, Adam (2012) The folly of cross-country ranking exercises. Health economics, policy and law, 7 (01). pp. 15-17. ISSN 1744-1331

2011

Oliver, Adam (2011) How far did the UK government over-respond to the 2009 threat of swine flu? Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Oliver, Adam (2011) New policy experiments using nudges have the potential to make a significant contribution to energy conservation. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Oliver, Adam (2011) It’s time to change the default for organ donation – people should have to opt out. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Oliver, Adam (2011) Nudge, behavioural economics and public policy: a new theme for British Politics and Policy at LSE. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Oliver, Adam (2011) Is nudge an effective public health strategy to tackle obesity?: yes. British medical journal, 342 (d2168). ISSN 0959-535X

Oliver, Adam and Brown, Lawrence D. (2011) Incentivizing professionals and patients: a consideration in the context of the United Kingdom and the United States. Journal of health politics, policy and law, 36 (1). pp. 59-87. ISSN 0361-6878

2010

Oliver, Adam (2010) Reflections on the development of health inequalities policy in England. Health care analysis, 18 (4). pp. 402-420. ISSN 1065-3058

Oliver, Adam and Cookson, Richard (2010) Analysing risk attitudes to time. Health economics, 19 (6). pp. 644-655. ISSN 1057-9230

2009

Oliver, Adam (2009) Can financial incentives improve health equity? BMJ, 339 ISSN 0959-8138

Oliver, Adam (2009) An explorative study of "preferred" health care decision rules. LSE Health working papers, 14/2009. LSE Health, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Oliver, Adam (2009) A fair test of the fair innings? Medical decision making, 29 (4). pp. 491-499. ISSN 1552-681X

Oliver, Adam and Sorenson, Corinna (2009) The limits and challenges to the economic evaluation of health technologies. In: Costa-i-Font, Joan and Courbage, Christophe and McGuire, Alistair, (eds.) The economics of new health technologies: incentives, organization, and financing. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 205-218. ISBN 9780199550685

Sorenson, Corinna and Oliver, Adam (2009) The limitations and challenges to the economic evaluation of health technologies. In: Costa-i-Font, Joan and Courbage, Christophe and McGuire, Alistair, (eds.) The economics of new health technologies: incentives, organization, and financing. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 205-216. ISBN 9780199550685

Marteau, Theresa M. and Ashcroft, Richard E. and Oliver, Adam (2009) Using financial incentives to achieve healthy behaviour. British medical journal, 338 (apr09 ). ISSN 0959-8138

Marteau, Theresa M. and Oliver, Adam and Ashcroft, Richard E. (2009) Changing behaviour through state intervention: when does an acceptable nudge become an unacceptable shove? British medical journal, 337 (a2543). pp. 121-122. ISSN 0959-8138

Oliver, Adam and Marteau, Theresa M. and Ashcroft, Richard E. (2009) Can financial carrots improve health? Journal of health services research & policy, 14 (1). pp. 1-2. ISSN 1355-8196

Oliver, Adam (2009) The single-payer option: a reconsideration. Journal of health politics, policy and law, 34 (4). pp. 509-530. ISSN 0361-6878

Oliver, Adam (2009) England. In: Rapoport, John and Jacobs, Philip and Jonsson, Egon, (eds.) Cost containment and efficiency in national health systems. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp. 41-62. ISBN 9783527321100

2008

Oliver, Adam (2008) Reflections on the development of health inequalities policy in the United Kingdom. LSE Health working papers, 11/2008. LSE Health, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Oliver, Adam (2008) Assessing the influence of gestalt-type characteristics on preferences over lifetime health profiles. Medical decision making, 28 (5). pp. 723-731. ISSN 1552-681X

Ashcroft, Richard E. and Marteau, Theresa M. and Oliver, Adam (2008) Incentive mechanisms require deeper understanding. British medical journal, 337 (a1135). ISSN 0959-8138

McDaid, David and Oliver, Adam (2008) A comparative analysis of health system reform across England and Scotland. Intereconomics, 43 (4). pp. 195-200. ISSN 0020-5346

Oliver, Adam (2008) Combining leadership and incentives to improve health care: the case of the Veterans Health Administration. Health papers. Oxford Policy Institute, Oxford, UK

Oliver, Adam (2008) Public-sector health-care reforms that work?: a case study of the US Veterans Health Administration. The lancet, 371 (9619). pp. 1211-1213. ISSN 0140-6736

Oliver, Adam and Sorenson, Corinna (2008) Importance of preference reversals in the valuation of health and healthcare. Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research, 8 (2). pp. 95-99. ISSN 1473-7167

Oliver, Adam (2008) Book review: the other invisible hand: delivering public service through competition and choice, by J. Le Grand. Journal of social policy, 37 (4). pp. 714-716. ISSN 0047-2794

Oliver, Adam and Sorenson, Corinna (2008) On equity in the English National Health Service. Harvard health policy review, 8 (2). pp. 100-107. ISSN 1533-774X

2007

Oliver, Adam (2007) Book review: laws of fear: beyond the Precautionary Principle, edited by Cass R. Sunstein. Economics and philosophy, 23 (3). pp. 395-401. ISSN 0266-2671

Oliver, Adam (2007) Health policy developments: reforms and effects of reforms in Europe. Journal of management & marketing in healthcare, 1 (1). pp. 73-79. ISSN 1753-3031

Oliver, Adam (2007) A qualitative analysis of the lottery equivalents method. Economics and philosophy, 23 (2). pp. 185-204. ISSN 0266-2671

Oliver, Adam (2007) Inconsistent objectives – reflections on some selective health care policy developments in Europe. Health economics, policy and law, 2 (1). pp. 93-106. ISSN 1744-1331

Oliver, Adam (2007) The Veterans Health Administration: an American success story? The Milbank Quarterly, 85 (1). pp. 5-35. ISSN 0887-378X

2006

Oliver, Adam (2006) Further evidence of preference reversals: choice, valuation and ranking over distributions of life expectancy. Journal of health economics, 25 (5). pp. 803-820. ISSN 0167-6296

Oliver, Adam (2006) Book review: happiness: lessons from a new science, by Richard Layard. Economics and philosophy, 22 (2). pp. 299-307. ISSN 0266-2671

Oliver, Adam (2006) On the lottery equivalents method: a response to Spencer et al.. Health economics, 15 (3). pp. 323-325. ISSN 1057-9230

Oliver, Adam and Mossialos, Elias (2006) Editorial. Health economics, policy and law, 1 (1). pp. 1-2. ISSN 1744-1331

2005

Mossialos, Elias and Oliver, Adam (2005) Pharmaceutical regulation in four European countries: France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom [special issue of journal]. International journal of health care planning and management, 20 (4). ISSN 0749-6753

Oliver, Adam (2005) The English National Health Service: 1979-2005. Health economics, 14 (S1). ISSN 1057-9230

Oliver, Adam and Mossialos, Elias and Maynard, A (2005) The contestable nature of health policy analysis. Health economics, 14 (S1). ISSN 1057-9230

Oliver, Adam and Mossialos, Elias and Maynard, Alan (2005) Special issue: "Analysing the impact of health system changes in the EU member states". Health economics, 14 (S1). ISSN 1057-9230

Oliver, Adam, (ed.) (2005) Personal histories in health research. The Nuffield Trust, London, UK. ISBN 1905030118

Oliver, Adam (2005) Healthy lives: reflecting on the reflections. In: Oliver, Adam, (ed.) Personal histories in health research. The Nuffield Trust, London, UK, pp. 1-12. ISBN 1905030118

Oliver, Adam (2005) The core NHS Principles: where art thou? British journal of health care management, 11 (3). pp. 77-80. ISSN 1358-0574

Oliver, Adam and Mossialos, Elias and Wilsford, David (2005) Special issue: "Legacies and latitude in European health policy". Journal of health politics, policy and law, 30 (1-2). ISSN 0361-6878

Oliver, Adam (2005) Book review: disability adjusted life years (DALYs) for decision-making?: an overview of the literature, by Julia A. Fox-Rushby. Public health, 119 (2). ISSN 0033-3506

McDaid, David and Oliver, Adam (2005) Inequalities in health: international patterns and trends. In: Scriven, Angela and Garman, Sebastian, (eds.) Promoting health: global perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9781403921376

Oliver, Adam and Mossialos, Elias (2005) European health systems reforms: looking backward to see forward? Journal of health politics, policy and law, 30 (1-2). pp. 7-28. ISSN 0361-6878

Mossialos, Elias and Oliver, Adam (2005) An overview of pharmaceutical policy in four countries: France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. International journal of health planning and management, 20 (4). pp. 291-306. ISSN 0749-6753

Oliver, Adam and Evans, J. G. (2005) The paradox of promoting choice in a collectivist system. Journal of medical ethics, 31 (4). ISSN 0306-6800

Oliver, Adam and Maynard, A and Mossialos, Elias (2005) Analysing the impact of health system changes in the EU member states. Health economics, 14 (S1). ISSN 1057-9230

Oliver, Adam (2005) Testing the internal consistency of the lottery equivalents method using health outcomes. Health economics, 14 (2). pp. 149-159. ISSN 1057-9230

2004

Oliver, Adam (2004) 5th European Conference on Health Economics. Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research, 4 (6). pp. 611-612. ISSN 1473-7167

Oliver, Adam and Mossialos, Elias and Robinson, Ray (2004) Connecting technology assessment to priorities in health care [special issue of journal]. International journal of technology assessment in healthcare, 20 (1). ISSN 0266-4623

Oliver, Adam and Mossialos, Elias (2004) Equity of access to health care: outlining the foundations for action. Journal of epidemiology and community health, 58 (8). pp. 655-658. ISSN 1470-2738

Oliver, Adam (2004) Prioritizing health care: is “health” always an appropriate maximand? Medical decision making, 24 (3). pp. 272-280. ISSN 1552-681X

Oliver, Adam and McGuire, Alistair and Fernández, José-Luis (2004) Editorial foreword. Applied health economics and health policy, 3 (1). pp. 1-1. ISSN 1175-5652

Oliver, Adam (2004) Guest editorial: introduction to the special issue (with some thoughts pertaining to equity and choice). Applied health economics and health policy, 3 (4). pp. 181-182. ISSN 1175-5652

Oliver, Adam (2004) Special issue: a selection of papers presented at the 5th European Conference on Health Economics. Applied health economics and health policy, 3 (4). pp. 181-280. ISSN 1175-5652

Oliver, Adam (2004) Should we maximise QALYs?: a debate with respect to peak-end evaluation. Applied health economics and health policy, 3 (2). pp. 61-66. ISSN 1175-5652

Oliver, Adam (2004) Abstracts for the 5th European Conference on Health Economics. Applied health economics and health policy, 3 (1, Sup). ISSN 1175-5652

Oliver, Adam (2004) Testing the internal consistency of the standard gamble in ‘success’ and ‘failure’ frames. Social science & medicine, 58 (11). pp. 2219-2229. ISSN 0277-9536

Oliver, Adam and Mossialos, Elias and Robinson, Ray (2004) Health technology assessment and its influence on health-care priority setting. International journal of technology assessment in health care, 20 (1). pp. 1-10. ISSN 0266-4623

2003

Oliver, Adam and Nutbeam, D (2003) Addressing health inequalities in the United Kingdom: a case study. Journal of public health medicine, 25 (4). pp. 281-287. ISSN 0957-4832

Oliver, Adam (2003) Introduction. In: Oliver, Adam, (ed.) Equity in health & healthcare: views from ethics, economics & political science. Proceedings from a meeting of the Health Equity Network. The Nuffield Trust, London, UK, pp. 5-7. ISBN 1902089936

Oliver, Adam (2003) Testing rank-dependent utility theory for health outcomes. Health economics, 12 (10). pp. 863-871. ISSN 1057-9230

Oliver, Adam (2003) Introduction. In: Oliver, Adam, (ed.) Health care priority setting: proceedings of the meeting of the Health Equity Network. The Nuffield Trust, London, UK, pp. 5-7. ISBN 1902089847

Oliver, Adam (2003) Ethics, economics and health inequalities: comment on the contributions by Marita Sihto and Finn Diderichsen. In: Oliver, Adam, (ed.) Health care priority setting: proceedings of the meeting of the Health Equity Network. The Nuffield Trust, London, UK, pp. 63-64. ISBN 1902089847

Oliver, Adam, (ed.) (2003) Health care priority setting: proceedings of the meeting of the Health Equity Network. The Nuffield Trust, London, UK. ISBN 1902089847

Oliver, Adam and Exworthy, Mark, (eds.) (2003) Health inequalities: evidence, policy and implementation. Proceedings from a meeting of the Health Equity Network. The Nuffield Trust, London, UK. ISBN 1902089820

Oliver, Adam (2003) Putting the quality into quality-adjusted life years. Journal of public health medicine, 25 (1). pp. 8-12. ISSN 0957-4832

Oliver, Adam, (ed.) (2003) Equity in health & healthcare: views from ethics, economics & political science. Proceedings from a meeting of the Health Equity Network. The Nuffield Trust, London, UK. ISBN 1902089936

Oliver, Adam (2003) Introduction. In: Oliver, Adam and Exworthy, Mark, (eds.) Health inequalities: evidence, policy and implementation. Proceedings from a meeting of the Health Equity Network. The Nuffield Trust, London, UK, pp. 5-6. ISBN 1902089820

Oliver, Adam (2003) The internal consistency of the standard gamble: tests after adjusting for prospect theory. Journal of health economics, 22 (4). pp. 659-674. ISSN 0167-6296

Oliver, Adam (2003) Health economic evaluation in Japan: a case study of one aspect of health technology assessment. Health policy, 63 (2). pp. 197-204. ISSN 0168-8510

Oliver, Adam (2003) A quantitative and qualitative test of the Allais paradox using health outcomes. Journal of economic psychology, 24 (1). pp. 35-48. ISSN 0167-4870

2002

Oliver, Adam and Healey, Andrew and Le Grand, Julian (2002) Correspondence: addressing health inequalities. The lancet, 360 (9346). ISSN 0140-6736

Oliver, Adam (2002) Unintended consequences of applying economic evaluation. Journal of health services research and policy, 7 (3). pp. 129-130. ISSN 1355-8196

Oliver, Adam (2002) Evidence-based health care: benefits and barriers. Social policy and society, 1 (3). pp. 183-190. ISSN 1474-7464

Oliver, Adam (2002) Reforming public sector dentistry in the uk. British journal of health care management, 8 (6). pp. 212-216. ISSN 1358-0574

Oliver, Adam and Healey, Andrew and Donaldson, ProfCam (2002) Choosing the method to match the perspective: economic assessment and its implications for health-services efficiency. The lancet, 359 (9319). pp. 1771-1774. ISSN 0140-6736

Oliver, Adam (2002) Introduction. In: Oliver, Adam, (ed.) International perspectives on equity and health: as seen from the UK. Proceedings from a meeting of the Health Equity Network. The Nuffield Trust, London, UK, pp. 6-7. ISBN 1902089650

Oliver, Adam, (ed.) (2002) International perspectives on equity and health: as seen from the UK. Proceedings from a meeting of the Health Equity Network. The Nuffield Trust, London, UK. ISBN 1902089650

Oliver, Adam (2002) At the end of the beginning: eliciting cardinal values for health states. LSE, London, U.K.

Oliver, Adam (2002) Accounting for the missing opportunity costs in incremental cost-outcome analysis. Applied health economics and health policy, 1 (4). pp. 191-196. ISSN 1175-5652

Oliver, Adam (2002) NICE and its implications for health inequalities. Euro Observer, 4 (2). pp. 3-4. ISSN 1020-7481

2001

Oliver, Adam and Cookson, Richard and McDaid, David (2001) The issues panel for equity in health: the discussion papers. In: Oliver, Adam and Cookson, Richard and McDaid, David, (eds.) The issues panel for equity in health: the discussion papers. The Nuffield Trust, London, UK, pp. 1-4. ISBN 1902089626

Oliver, Adam and Cookson, R. and McDaid, David and Exworthy, M. (2001) Developing a UK health equity network. Public health, 115 (2). pp. 87-88. ISSN 0033-3506

Oliver, Adam (2001) For debate: increasing National Health Service funding: implications for welfare and justice. Journal of public health medicine, 23 (1). pp. 7-10. ISSN 0957-4832

Oliver, Adam (2001) Why care about health inequality? Office of Health Economics, London, U.K.. ISBN 1899040811

Oliver, Adam and Cookson, R. and McDaid, David (2001) Multi-disciplinary research: is it any use or tokenism? Journal of health services research & policy, 6 (2). pp. 127-128. ISSN 1355-8196

2000

Oliver, Adam (2000) Complete preferences over health states: a reply to the paper by Shiell et al. Health economics, 9 (8). pp. 727-728. ISSN 1057-9230

Oliver, Adam (2000) On health inequality. Journal of public health medicine, 22 (4). pp. 454-456. ISSN 1741-3842

Oliver, Adam and Cookson, Richard (2000) Towards multidisciplinary research into health inequalities. Health economics, 9 (7). pp. 565-566. ISSN 1057-9230

McDaid, David and Oliver, Adam and Cookson, Richard (2000) A website initiative can help harness our collaboration on health inequalities. Health service journal, 110 pp. 22-23. ISSN 0952-2271

Oliver, Adam and Cookson, Richard (2000) Health inequality [edited special section of journal]. Health economics, 9 (7). pp. 565-657. ISSN 1057-9230

Oliver, Adam and Pritchard, Clive (2000) Health economics of female longevity in the UK: economic evaluation in age related diseases. Journal of the British menopause society, 6 (2). pp. 61-65. ISSN 1362-1807

Oliver, Adam (2000) Uncertainty aversion: a reply to the paper by Andersson and Lyttkens. Health economics, 9 (3). pp. 253-255. ISSN 1057-9230

Oliver, Adam and Pritchard, Clive (2000) Economic evaluations relating to diabetes: a descriptive review and their compliance with guidance. Value in health, 3 (s1). pp. 7-14. ISSN 1098-3015

1999

Oliver, Adam and Ikegami, N. and Ikeda, S. (1999) The Japanese government's pharmaceutical policy and its effect on hospital financial viability. Journal of health services research & policy, 4 pp. 27-32. ISSN 1355-8196

1997

Oliver, Adam and Ikegami, N. and Ikeda, S. (1997) Japan's aging population: implications for healthcare. Pharmacoeconomics, 11 pp. 306-318. ISSN 1170-7690

Oliver, Adam (1997) Cost-effectiveness analysis of pressure ulcer treatment [published abstract]. Medical desicion making, 17 (4). ISSN 0272-989X

1996

Ikeda, S. and Ikegami, N. and Oliver, Adam and Ikeda, M. (1996) A case for the adoption of pharmacoeconomic guidelines in Japan. Pharmacoeconomics, 10 pp. 546-551. ISSN 1170-7690

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