Wouters, Olivier

Mr Olivier Wouters  

Department

Position held

Research Associate

 

Research Associate

 

Experience keywords:

access to medicines; health care financing; health economics; health policy; pharmaceutical policy

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Olivier’s research interests include the pricing and reimbursement of medicines, the availability and affordability of medicines, and the quality of pharmacologic care. His PhD focuses on the impact of tendering on generic drug prices in South Africa. He has previously consulted for the OECD, World Bank, and WHO.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

Healthcare; Policy and Regulatory Bodies

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Europe; South Africa; USA

Languages:

French [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Intermediate]; Swedish [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6476

Publications

2016

Wouters, Olivier J. and Cylus, Jonathan and Yang, Wei and Thomson, Sarah and McKee, Martin (2016) Medical savings accounts: assessing their impact on efficiency, equity, and financial protection in health care Health Economics, Policy and Law, 11 (3). 321-335. ISSN 1744-1331

Wouters, Olivier J. and McKee, Martin (2016) Private financing of health care in times of economic crisis: a review of the evidence Global Policy. ISSN 1758-5880

Panteli, Dimitra and Arickx, Francis and Cleemput , Irina and Dedet, Guillaume and Eckhardt, Helene and Fogarty, Emer and Gerkens, Sophie and Henschke, Cornelia and Hislop , Jennifer and Jommi, Claudio and Kaitelidou, Daphne and Kawalec, Pawel and Keskimäki, Ilmo and Kroneman, Madelon and Lopez Bastida , Julio and Pita Barros , Pedro and Ramsberg, Joakim and Schneider , Peter and Spillane, Susan and Vogler, Sabine and Vuorenkoski , Lauri and Wallach Kildemoes, Helle and Wouters, Olivier J. and Busse, Reinhard (2016) Pharmaceutical regulation in 15 European countries: review Health Systems in Transition, 18 (5). 1-118. ISSN 1817-6127

2015

Cylus, Jonathan and Wouters, Olivier J. and Kanavos, Panos (2015) Understanding the role of governance in the pharmaceutical sector: from laboratory to patient In: Greer, Scott and Wismar, Matthias and Figueras, Josep, (eds.) Strengthening Health System Governance: Better Policies, Stronger Performance . Open University Press , Maidenhead, UK, 175-187. ISBN 9780335261345

Naci, Huseyin and Lehman, Richard and Wouters, Olivier J. and Goldacre, Ben and Yudkin, John S (2015) Rethinking the appraisal and approval of drugs for type 2 diabetes BMJ, 351 (h5260). ISSN 1756-1833

Wouters, Olivier J. and Kanavos, Panos (2015) Primary health care should play bigger role in treating chronic kidney disease Health and Social Care at LSE (18 Oct 2015) Blog entry

Wouters, Olivier J. and Naci, Huseyin and Samani, Nilesh J (2015) QALYs in cost-effectiveness analysis: an overview for cardiologists Heart, 10 (23). 1868-1873. ISSN 1355-6037

Wouters, Olivier J. and O'Donoghue, Donal J. and Ritchie, James and Kanavos, Panos G. and Narva, Andrew S. (2015) Early chronic kidney disease: diagnosis, management and models of care Nature Reviews Nephrology, 11 (8). 491-502. ISSN 1759-5061

Wouters, Olivier J. and Kanavos, Panos G. (2015) Transitioning to a national health system in Cyprus: a stakeholder analysis of pharmaceutical policy reform Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 93 (9). 606-613. ISSN 0042-9686

Chambers, James D. and Naci, Huseyin and Wouters, Olivier J. and Pyo, Junhee and Gunjal, Shalak and Kennedy, Ian R. and Hoey, Mark G. and Winn, Aaron and Neumann, Peter J. (2015) An assessment of the methodological quality of published network meta-analyses: a systematic review PLOS ONE, 10 (4). ISSN 1932-6203

2014

Kanavos, Panos and Wouters, Olivier J. (2014) Competition issues in the distribution of pharmaceuticals. In: OECD Global Forum on Competition, 27-28 Feb 2014, Paris, France

Kanavos, Panos and Wouters, Olivier J. (2014) Concurrence dans la distribution de produits pharmaceutiques. In: OECD Forum Mondial sur la Concurrence, 27-28 Feb 2014, Paris, France

Kanavos, Panos and Wouters, Olivier J. (2014) Pharmaceutical parallel trade: legal, policy, and economic issues In: Culyer, Anthony J., (ed.) Encyclopedia of health economics. Elsevier, San Diego, USA, 20-28. ISBN 9780123756787

Wouters, Olivier J. and Downs, Philip W. and Zoerhoff, Kathryn L. and Crowley, Kathryn R. and Frawley, Hannah and Einberg, Jennifer and Chu, Brian K. and Brady, Molly A. and Oscar, Roland and Jeudi, Mireille and Desormeaux, Anne-Marie and Coly, Karleen and Direny, Abdel N. and Thakur, Garib D. and Pokharel, Raj K. and Sharma, Shekhar and Raman, Dharmpal P. and Sesay, Santigie and Sonnie, Mustapha and Kilembe, Bernard and Mwingira, Upendo and Yajima, Aya (2014) Resource planning for Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Control Programs: feasibility study of the Tool for Integrated Planning and Costing (TIPAC) PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8 (2). e2619. ISSN 1935-2735

Kanavos, Panos and Wouters, Olivier J. (2014) Pharmaceutical policies in Cyprus: a review of the current system and future options World Health Organisation, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Awards

Brian Abel-Smith Prize - London School of Economics (2012)

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