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Number of items: 90.
Care Policy and Evaluation Centre
  • Stabile, Mark, Thomson, Sarah, Allin, Sara, Boyle, Seán, Busse, Reinhard, Chevreul, Karine, Marchildon, Greg, Mossialos, Elias (2013). Health care cost containment strategies used in four other high-income countries hold lessons for the United States. Health Affairs, 32(4), 643-652. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1252
    • Health Policy
  • Cylus, Jonathan, Thomson, Sarah, Evetovits, Tamás (2018). Catastrophic health spending in Europe: equity and policy implications of different calculation methods. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.18.209031
    • International Development
  • Mladovsky, Philipa, Thomson, Sarah, Maresso, Anna (2015). Changes to health service planning, purchasing and delivery. In Thomson, Sarah, Jowett, Matthew, Evetovits, Tamás, Mladovsky, Philipa, Maresso, Anna, Figueras, Josep, Cylus, Jonathan, Karanikolos, Marina, Kluge, Hans (Eds.), Economic Crisis, Health Systems and Health in Europe: Impact and Implications for Policy (pp. 105-138). Open University.
  • Maresso, Anna, Mladovsky, Philipa, Thomson, Sarah, Sagan, Anna, Karanikolos, Marina, Richardson, Erica, Cylus, Jonathan, Evetovits, Tamás, Jowett, Matthew, Figueras, Josep, Kluge, Hans (Eds.) (2015). Economic crisis, health systems and health in Europe: country experiences. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
    • LSE
  • Cylus, Jonathan, Thomson, Sarah, Tayara, Lynn Al, Cerezo, José Cerezo, Martínez, Marcos Gallardo, García-Ramírez, Jorge Alejandro, Karanikolos, Marina, Gregori, María Serrano, Evetovits, Tamás (2024). Assessing the equity and coverage policy sensitivity of financial protection indicators in Europe. Health Policy, 147, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105136 picture_as_pdf
  • Thomson, Sarah, Evetovits, Tamás, Cylus, Jonathan, Jakab, Melitta (2016). Monitoring financial protection to assess progress towards universal health coverage in Europe. Public Health Panorama, 2(3), 357-366.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Evetovits, Tamás, Cylus, Jonathan, Jakab, Melitta (2016). Generating evidence for UHC: systematic monitoring of financial protection in European health systems. Eurohealth, 22(2), 23-27.
  • Schang, Laura, Thomson, Sarah (2014). Lessons from Europe: assuring quality through regulation.
  • Schang, Laura, Thomson, Sarah (2013). Lessons from Europe: governance of health care providers.
  • Mladovsky, Philipa, Thomson, Sarah (2013). European health systems are changing in response to the financial crisis but face barriers to implementing necessary reforms.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Osborn, Robin, Squires, David, Reed, Sarah Jane (ed.) (2011). International profiles of health care systems 2011: Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Iceland,Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden,Switzerland, and the United States. New York, The Commonwealth Fund.
  • Mossialos, Elias, Allin, Sara, Figueras, Josep, Busse, Reinnhard, Dixon, Anna, Grosse-Tebbe, Susanne, Kutzin, Joseph, McDaid, David, Nolte, Ellen & Rico, Ana et al (2007). Health systems in transition: template for analysis. World Health Organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
  • Foubister, Thomas, Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias, McGuire, Alistair (2005). Report on private medical insurance to the UK Department of Health. Great Britain. Department of Health.
  • Sandier, Simone, Polton, Dominque, Paris, Valérie (2004). Health care systems in transition: France. World Health Organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
    • LSE Health
  • Thomson, Sarah, Cylus, Jonathan, Al Tayara, Lynn, Martínez, Marcos Gallardo, García-Ramírez, Jorge Alejandro, Gregori, María Serrano, Cerezo-Cerezo, José, Karanikolos, Marina, Evetovits, Tamás (2024). Monitoring progress towards universal health coverage in Europe: a descriptive analysis of financial protection in 40 countries. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 37, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100826 picture_as_pdf
  • Thomson, Sarah, Tamas, Evetovits, Cylus, Jonathan (2017). Financial protection in high-income countries: a comparison of the Czech Republic, Estonia and Latvia. (Working Paper prepared by the WHO Regional Office for Europe WHO/HIS/HGF/HFWorkingPaper/17.12). World Health Organization.
  • Wouters, Olivier J., Cylus, Jonathan, Yang, Wei, Thomson, Sarah, 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. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744133116000025
  • Sagan, Anna, Thomson, Sarah (2016). Voluntary health insurance in Europe: country experience. (Observatory Studies Series 42). World Health Organization.
  • Sagan, Anna, Thomson, Sarah (2016). Voluntary health insurance in Europe: role and regulation. (Observatory Studies Series 43). World Health Organization.
  • Mladovsky, Philipa, Thomson, Sarah, Maresso, Anna (2015). Changes to health service planning, purchasing and delivery. In Thomson, Sarah, Jowett, Matthew, Evetovits, Tamás, Mladovsky, Philipa, Maresso, Anna, Figueras, Josep, Cylus, Jonathan, Karanikolos, Marina, Kluge, Hans (Eds.), Economic Crisis, Health Systems and Health in Europe: Impact and Implications for Policy (pp. 105-138). Open University.
  • Maresso, Anna, Mladovsky, Philipa, Thomson, Sarah, Sagan, Anna, Karanikolos, Marina, Richardson, Erica, Cylus, Jonathan, Evetovits, Tamás, Jowett, Matthew, Figueras, Josep, Kluge, Hans (Eds.) (2015). Economic crisis, health systems and health in Europe: country experiences. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
  • Cashin, Cheryl, Chi, Y-Ling, Smith, Peter, Borowitz, Michael, Thomson, Sarah (eds.) (2014). Paying for performance in healthcare: implications for health system performance and accountability. Open University.
  • Stabile, Mark, Thomson, Sarah (2014). The changing role of government in financing health care: an international perspective. Journal of Economic Literature, 52(2), 480-518. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.52.2.480
  • Thomson, Sarah, Figueras, Josep, Evetovits, Tamás, Jowett, Matthew, Mladovsky, Philipa, Maresso, Anna, Cylus, Jonathan, Karanikolos, Marina, Kluge, Hans (2014). Economic crisis, health systems and health in Europe: impact and implications for policy. (Policy summary 12). World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe.
  • Himmelstein, David U., Jun, Miraya, Busse, Reinhard, Chevreul, Karine, Geissler, Alexander, Jeurissen, Patrick, Thomson, Sarah, Vinet, Marie-Amelie, Woolhandler, Sttefie (2014). A comparison of hospital administrative costs In eight nations: US costs exceed all others by far. Health Affairs, 33(9), 1586-1594. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1327
  • Karanikolos, Marina, Mladovsky, Philipa, Cylus, Jonathan, Thomson, Sarah, Basu, Sanjay, Stuckler, David, Mackenbach, Johan P, McKee, Martin (2013). Financial crisis, austerity, and health in Europe. The Lancet, 381(9874), 1323-1331. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60102-6
  • Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo, Thomson, Sarah, Xu, Ke (2013). Measuring and comparing financial protection. In Papanicolas, Irene, Smith, Peter (Eds.), Health System Performance Comparison: an Agenda for Policy, Information and Research . Open University.
  • Schang, Laura, Waibel, Sina, Thomson, Sarah (2013). Measuring care coordination: health system and patient perspectives: report prepared for the Main Association of Austrian Social Security Institutions. LSE Health.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Busse, Reinhard, Crivelli, Luca, van de Ven, Wynand, Van de Voorde, Carine (2013). Statutory health insurance competition in Europe: a four-country comparison. Health Policy, 109(3), 209-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.01.005
  • Stabile, Mark, Thomson, Sarah, Allin, Sara, Boyle, Seán, Busse, Reinhard, Chevreul, Karine, Marchildon, Greg, Mossialos, Elias (2013). Health care cost containment strategies used in four other high-income countries hold lessons for the United States. Health Affairs, 32(4), 643-652. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1252
  • Thomson, Sarah, Jowett, Matthew, Evetovits, Tamás, Jakab, Melitta, McKee, Martin, Figueras, Josep (2013). Health, health systems and economic crisis in Europe: impact and policy implications. World Health Organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Schang, Laura, Chernew, Michael E. (2013). Value-based cost sharing in the United States and elsewhere can increase patients' use of high-value goods and services. Health Affairs, 32(4), 704-712. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0964
  • Evetovits, Tamas, Figueras, Josep, Jowett, Matthew, Mladovsky, Philipa, Nolan, Anne, Normand, Charles, Thomson, Sarah (2012). Health system responses to financial pressures in Ireland: policy options in an international context. Great Britain. Department of Health.
  • Baeten, Rita, Thomson, Sarah (2012). Health care policies: European debate and national reforms. In Natali, David, Vanhercke, Bart (Eds.), Social Developments in the European Union 2011 (pp. 187-212). European Social Observatory.
  • Mladovsky, Philipa, Srivastava, Divya, Cylus, Jonathan, Karanikolos, Marina, Evetovits, Tamás, Thomson, Sarah, McKee, Martin (2012). Health policy in the financial crisis. Eurohealth, 18(1), 3-6.
  • Mladovsky, Philipa, Srivastava, Divya, Cylus, Jonathan, Karanikolos, Marina, Evetovits, Tamás, Thomson, Sarah, McKee, Martin (2012). Health policy responses to the financial crisis in Europe. (Policy summary 5). World Health Organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Habicht, Triin, Rooväli, Liis, Evetovits, Tamás, Habicht, Jarno (2011). Responding to the challenge of financial sustainability in Estonia's health system: one year on. World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe.
  • Thomson, Sarah (2010). What role for voluntary health insurance? In Kutzin, Joseph, Cashin, Cheryl S., Jakab, Melitta (Eds.), Implementing Health Financing Reform: Lessons From and for Countries in Transition . World Health Organization.
  • Ettelt, Stefanie, Mays, Nicholas, Chevreul, Karine, Nikolentzos, Athanasios, Thomson, Sarah, Nolte, Ellen (2010). Involvement of ministries of health in health service coverage decisions: is England an aberrant case? Social Policy and Administration, 44(3), 225-243. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9515.2010.00710.x
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2010). Primary care and prescription drugs: coverage, cost-sharing, and financial protection in six European countries. (Issues in international health policy). The Commonwealth Fund.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2010). Private health insurance and the internal market. In Mossialos, Elias, Permanand, Govin, Baeten, Rita, Hervey, Tamara (Eds.), Health Systems Governance in Europe: the Role of Eu Law and Policy (pp. 419-460). Cambridge University Press.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Foubister, Thomas, Mossialos, Elias (2010). Can user charges make health care more efficient? British Medical Journal, 341(aug18), c3759-c3759. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c3759
  • Thomson, Sarah, Võrk, Andres, Habicht, Triin, Rooväli, Liis, Evetovits, Tamás, Habicht, Jarno (2010). Responding to the challenge of financial sustainability in Estonia's health system. World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Foubister, Thomas, Kutzin, Joseph, Permanand, Govin, Bryndová, Lucie (2009). Addressing financial sustainability in health systems. (Policy brief 1). World Health Organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Foubister, Thomas, Mossialos, Elias (2009). Financing health care in the European Union: challenges and policy responses. World Health Organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2009). Private health insurance in the European Union. (Studies and Reports on Health and Long-Term Care). European Commission.
  • Gemmill, Marin C., Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2008). What impact do prescription drug charges have on efficiency and equity? Evidence from high-income countries. International Journal for Equity in Health, 7(12). https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-7-12
  • Nolte, Ellen, Ettelt, Stefanie, Thomson, Sarah, Mays, Nicholas (2008). Learning from other countries: an on-call facility for health care policy. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 13(2 (S)), 58-64. https://doi.org/10.1258/jhsrp.2007.007146
  • Thomson, Sarah, Foubister, Thomas, Mossialos, Elias (2008). Health care financing in the context of social security. (DG internal policies of the Union). European Parliament.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2007). Regulating private health insurance in the European Union: the implications of single market legislation and competition policy. Journal of European Integration, 29(1), 89-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036330601144490
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2007). EU law and regulation of private health insurance. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 2(2), 117-124. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744133107004112
  • Thomson, Sarah, Ettelt, Stefanie, Nolte, Ellen (2007). The regulation of competition between publicly-financed hospitals: a rapid review commissioned by the Department of Health. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
  • Ettelt, Stefanie, Nolte, Ellen, Thomson, Sarah, Mays, Nicholas (2007). A review of the role and responsibilities of national ministries of health in five countries. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
  • Ettelt, Stefanie, Thomson, Sarah, Nolte, Ellen, Mays, Nicholas (2007). The systematic use of cost-effectiveness criteria to inform decisions about the removal of items from publicly-financed 'benefits packages'. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2006). Regulating private health insurance in the European Union: the implications of single market legislation and competition policy. (LSE Health Working Papers 4/2006). London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Ettelt, Stefanie, Nolte, Ellen, Mays, Nicholas (2006). Approaches to enhancing appropriateness of decision making in hospital: experiences from 12 countries. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2006). Choice of public or private health insurance: learning from the experience of Germany and the Netherlands. Journal of European Social Policy, 16(4), 315-327. https://doi.org/10.1177/0958928706068271
  • Thomson, Sarah, Dixon, Anna (2006). Choices in health care: the European experience. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 11(3), 167-171. https://doi.org/10.1258/135581906777641703
  • Ettelt, Stefanie, Nolte, Ellen, Thomson, Sarah, Mays, Nicholas (2006). Health care capacity planning: a review of international experience. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
  • Ettelt, Stefanie, Nolte, Ellen, Mays, Nicholas, Thomson, Sarah (2006). Health care outside hospital: accessing generalist and specialist care in eight countries. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
  • Ettelt, Stefanie, Nolte, Ellen, Thomson, Sarah, Mays, Nicholas (2006). Healthcare capacity planning: a review of international experience. Great Britain. Department of Health.
  • Foubister, Thomas, Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias, McGuire, Alistair (2006). Private medical insurance in the United Kingdom. World Health Organization.
  • Ettelt, Stefanie, Thomson, Sarah, Nolte, Ellen, Mays, Nicholas (2006). Reimbursing highly specialised hospital services: the experience of activity-based funding in eight countries. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
  • Mossialos, Elias, Masseria, Cristina, Allin, Sara, Thomson, Sarah (2005). Health and living conditions in an enlarged Europe. Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Allin, Sara, Busse, Reinnhard (2005). Health systems profiles template. World Health Organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
  • Mossialos, Elias, Thomson, Sarah, Ter-Linden, A (2004). Information technology law and health systems in the European Union. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 20(4), 498-508. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462304001424
  • Thomson, Sarah, Dixon, Anna (2004). Choices in health care: the European experience. Euro Observer, 6(4), 1-4.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2004). Funding health care from private sources: what are the implications for equity, efficiency, cost containment and choice in Western European health systems? World Health Organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias, McKee, Martin, Nolte, Ellen, Allin, Sara (2004). Health and health systems in the new member states of the European Union. Institut des Sciences de la Santé.
  • Jesse, Maris, Habicht, Jarno, Aaviksoo, Ain, Koppel, Agris, Irs, Alar, Thomson, Sarah (2004). Health care systems in transition: Estonia. World Health Organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2004). Influencing demand for drugs through cost sharing. In Mossialos, Elias, Mrazek, M, Walley, T (Eds.), Regulating Pharmaceuticals in Europe : Striving for Efficiency, Equity and Quality (pp. 227-244). Open University.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2004). L’accès aux soins de santé au sein de l’Union Européenne: l’impact des frais restant à la charge de l’usager et l’assurance santé volontaire. Regards, (26),
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2004). Private health insurance and access to health care in the European Union. Euro Observer, 6(1), 1-4.
  • Mossialos, Elias, Thomson, Sarah (2004). Voluntary health insurance in the European Union. (Observatory Studies Series). World Health Organization.
  • Jemiai, Nadia, Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2004). An overview of cost sharing for health services in the European Union. Euro Observer, 6(3), 1-4.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2004). The regulatory framework for voluntary health insurance in the European Union: implications for accession countries. In den Exter, A. (Ed.), Health and Accession . Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam.
  • Mossialos, Elias, Thomson, Sarah (2003). Access to health care in the European Union: the impact of user charges and voluntary health insurance. In Gulliford, M., Morgan, Mary S. (Eds.), Access to Health Care (pp. 143-173). Routledge.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Dixon, Anna, Mossialos, Elias (2003). Funding health care in Europe: weighing up the options. Ministry of Health and Social Affairs.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Saka, O (2003). Health and health care in Turkey. Euro Observer, 5(1), 5-6.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2003). Key trends in private European health insurance. In Private Hospital Healthcare Europe: the Reference Guide for Independent Hospitals . Campden Publishing.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias, Jemiai, Nadia (2003). User charges for health services in the European Union: report prepared for the Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs of the European Commission. Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs of the European Commission.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Busse, R, Mossialos, Elias (2002). Low demand for substitutive voluntary health insurance in Germany. Croatian Medical Journal, 43(4), 425-432.
  • Mossialos, Elias, Thomson, Sarah (2002). Voluntary health insurance in the European Union: report prepared for the Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs of the European Commission. London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Vallgårda, Signild, Thomson, Sarah, Krasnik, Allan, Vrangbaek, Karsten (2002). Denmark. In Dixon, Anna, Mossialos, Elias (Eds.), Health Care Systems in Eight Countries: Trends and Challenges (pp. 17-29). London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Sandier, Simone, Polton, Dominique, Paris, Valérie, Thomson, Sarah (2002). France. In Dixon, Anna, Mossialos, Elias (Eds.), Health Care Systems in Eight Countries: Trends and Challenges (pp. 31-46). London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Savas, B. Serdar, mer Karahan, Omer Saka, R. (2002). Health care systems in transition : Turkey. World Health Organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
  • Mossialos, Elias, Thomson, Sarah (2002). Voluntary health insurance in the European Union. In Mossialos, Elias, Dixon, Anna, Figueras, Josep, Kutzin, Joseph (Eds.), Funding Health Care: Options for Europe (pp. 128 - 160). Open University.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Pitman, Damian, Mossialos, Elias (2001). Clinical practice and the UK Human Rights Act 1998: protecting individual rights in the interest of the wider community. Clinical Medicine, 1(6), 464-469.
  • Vallgårda, Signild, Krasnik, Allan, Vrangbæk, Karsten (2001). Health care systems in transition: Denmark. World Health Organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Maresso, A (2001). Health care systems in transition: Italy. European Observatory on Health Care Systems.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2001). The demand for private health insurance in Germany. Euro Observer, 2(4), 6-7.
    • Lifecourse, Ageing & Population Health
  • Thomson, Sarah, Figueras, Josep, Evetovits, Tamás, Jowett, Matthew, Mladovsky, Philipa, Maresso, Anna, Cylus, Jonathan, Karanikolos, Marina, Kluge, Hans (2014). Economic crisis, health systems and health in Europe: impact and implications for policy. (Policy summary 12). World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe.
  • Karanikolos, Marina, Mladovsky, Philipa, Cylus, Jonathan, Thomson, Sarah, Basu, Sanjay, Stuckler, David, Mackenbach, Johan P, McKee, Martin (2013). Financial crisis, austerity, and health in Europe. The Lancet, 381(9874), 1323-1331. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60102-6
  • Mladovsky, Philipa, Srivastava, Divya, Cylus, Jonathan, Karanikolos, Marina, Evetovits, Tamás, Thomson, Sarah, McKee, Martin (2012). Health policy in the financial crisis. Eurohealth, 18(1), 3-6.
  • Mladovsky, Philipa, Srivastava, Divya, Cylus, Jonathan, Karanikolos, Marina, Evetovits, Tamás, Thomson, Sarah, McKee, Martin (2012). Health policy responses to the financial crisis in Europe. (Policy summary 5). World Health Organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
    • Management
  • Schang, Laura, Waibel, Sina, Thomson, Sarah (2013). Measuring care coordination: health system and patient perspectives: report prepared for the Main Association of Austrian Social Security Institutions. LSE Health.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Schang, Laura, Chernew, Michael E. (2013). Value-based cost sharing in the United States and elsewhere can increase patients' use of high-value goods and services. Health Affairs, 32(4), 704-712. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0964
    • Social Policy
  • Thomson, Sarah, Tamas, Evetovits, Cylus, Jonathan (2017). Financial protection in high-income countries: a comparison of the Czech Republic, Estonia and Latvia. (Working Paper prepared by the WHO Regional Office for Europe WHO/HIS/HGF/HFWorkingPaper/17.12). World Health Organization.
  • Sagan, Anna, Thomson, Sarah (2016). Voluntary health insurance in Europe: country experience. (Observatory Studies Series 42). World Health Organization.
  • Sagan, Anna, Thomson, Sarah (2016). Voluntary health insurance in Europe: role and regulation. (Observatory Studies Series 43). World Health Organization.
  • Mladovsky, Philipa, Thomson, Sarah, Maresso, Anna (2015). Changes to health service planning, purchasing and delivery. In Thomson, Sarah, Jowett, Matthew, Evetovits, Tamás, Mladovsky, Philipa, Maresso, Anna, Figueras, Josep, Cylus, Jonathan, Karanikolos, Marina, Kluge, Hans (Eds.), Economic Crisis, Health Systems and Health in Europe: Impact and Implications for Policy (pp. 105-138). Open University.
  • Maresso, Anna, Mladovsky, Philipa, Thomson, Sarah, Sagan, Anna, Karanikolos, Marina, Richardson, Erica, Cylus, Jonathan, Evetovits, Tamás, Jowett, Matthew, Figueras, Josep, Kluge, Hans (Eds.) (2015). Economic crisis, health systems and health in Europe: country experiences. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
  • Stabile, Mark, Thomson, Sarah (2014). The changing role of government in financing health care: an international perspective. Journal of Economic Literature, 52(2), 480-518. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.52.2.480
  • Thomson, Sarah, Figueras, Josep, Evetovits, Tamás, Jowett, Matthew, Mladovsky, Philipa, Maresso, Anna, Cylus, Jonathan, Karanikolos, Marina, Kluge, Hans (2014). Economic crisis, health systems and health in Europe: impact and implications for policy. (Policy summary 12). World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe.
  • Himmelstein, David U., Jun, Miraya, Busse, Reinhard, Chevreul, Karine, Geissler, Alexander, Jeurissen, Patrick, Thomson, Sarah, Vinet, Marie-Amelie, Woolhandler, Sttefie (2014). A comparison of hospital administrative costs In eight nations: US costs exceed all others by far. Health Affairs, 33(9), 1586-1594. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1327
  • Karanikolos, Marina, Mladovsky, Philipa, Cylus, Jonathan, Thomson, Sarah, Basu, Sanjay, Stuckler, David, Mackenbach, Johan P, McKee, Martin (2013). Financial crisis, austerity, and health in Europe. The Lancet, 381(9874), 1323-1331. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60102-6
  • Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo, Thomson, Sarah, Xu, Ke (2013). Measuring and comparing financial protection. In Papanicolas, Irene, Smith, Peter (Eds.), Health System Performance Comparison: an Agenda for Policy, Information and Research . Open University.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Busse, Reinhard, Crivelli, Luca, van de Ven, Wynand, Van de Voorde, Carine (2013). Statutory health insurance competition in Europe: a four-country comparison. Health Policy, 109(3), 209-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.01.005
  • Stabile, Mark, Thomson, Sarah, Allin, Sara, Boyle, Seán, Busse, Reinhard, Chevreul, Karine, Marchildon, Greg, Mossialos, Elias (2013). Health care cost containment strategies used in four other high-income countries hold lessons for the United States. Health Affairs, 32(4), 643-652. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1252
  • Thomson, Sarah, Jowett, Matthew, Evetovits, Tamás, Jakab, Melitta, McKee, Martin, Figueras, Josep (2013). Health, health systems and economic crisis in Europe: impact and policy implications. World Health Organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Schang, Laura, Chernew, Michael E. (2013). Value-based cost sharing in the United States and elsewhere can increase patients' use of high-value goods and services. Health Affairs, 32(4), 704-712. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0964
  • Evetovits, Tamas, Figueras, Josep, Jowett, Matthew, Mladovsky, Philipa, Nolan, Anne, Normand, Charles, Thomson, Sarah (2012). Health system responses to financial pressures in Ireland: policy options in an international context. Great Britain. Department of Health.
  • Baeten, Rita, Thomson, Sarah (2012). Health care policies: European debate and national reforms. In Natali, David, Vanhercke, Bart (Eds.), Social Developments in the European Union 2011 (pp. 187-212). European Social Observatory.
  • Mladovsky, Philipa, Srivastava, Divya, Cylus, Jonathan, Karanikolos, Marina, Evetovits, Tamás, Thomson, Sarah, McKee, Martin (2012). Health policy in the financial crisis. Eurohealth, 18(1), 3-6.
  • Thomson, Sarah (2011). Voluntary health insurance and health system performance in the European Union [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Thomson, Sarah, Habicht, Triin, Rooväli, Liis, Evetovits, Tamás, Habicht, Jarno (2011). Responding to the challenge of financial sustainability in Estonia's health system: one year on. World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe.
  • Thomson, Sarah (2010). What role for voluntary health insurance? In Kutzin, Joseph, Cashin, Cheryl S., Jakab, Melitta (Eds.), Implementing Health Financing Reform: Lessons From and for Countries in Transition . World Health Organization.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2010). Primary care and prescription drugs: coverage, cost-sharing, and financial protection in six European countries. (Issues in international health policy). The Commonwealth Fund.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2010). Private health insurance and the internal market. In Mossialos, Elias, Permanand, Govin, Baeten, Rita, Hervey, Tamara (Eds.), Health Systems Governance in Europe: the Role of Eu Law and Policy (pp. 419-460). Cambridge University Press.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Foubister, Thomas, Mossialos, Elias (2010). Can user charges make health care more efficient? British Medical Journal, 341(aug18), c3759-c3759. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c3759
  • Thomson, Sarah, Võrk, Andres, Habicht, Triin, Rooväli, Liis, Evetovits, Tamás, Habicht, Jarno (2010). Responding to the challenge of financial sustainability in Estonia's health system. World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Foubister, Thomas, Kutzin, Joseph, Permanand, Govin, Bryndová, Lucie (2009). Addressing financial sustainability in health systems. (Policy brief 1). World Health Organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2007). Regulating private health insurance in the European Union: the implications of single market legislation and competition policy. Journal of European Integration, 29(1), 89-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036330601144490
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  • Mossialos, Elias, Thomson, Sarah, Ter-Linden, A (2004). Information technology law and health systems in the European Union. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 20(4), 498-508. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462304001424
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  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2004). Influencing demand for drugs through cost sharing. In Mossialos, Elias, Mrazek, M, Walley, T (Eds.), Regulating Pharmaceuticals in Europe : Striving for Efficiency, Equity and Quality (pp. 227-244). Open University.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias (2004). L’accès aux soins de santé au sein de l’Union Européenne: l’impact des frais restant à la charge de l’usager et l’assurance santé volontaire. Regards, (26),
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  • Thomson, Sarah, Dixon, Anna, Mossialos, Elias (2003). Funding health care in Europe: weighing up the options. Ministry of Health and Social Affairs.
  • Thomson, Sarah, Saka, O (2003). Health and health care in Turkey. Euro Observer, 5(1), 5-6.
  • Rosen, Bruce, Goldwag, Rachael (2003). Health care systems in transition: Israel. World Health Organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
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  • Thomson, Sarah, Pitman, Damian, Mossialos, Elias (2001). Clinical practice and the UK Human Rights Act 1998: protecting individual rights in the interest of the wider community. Clinical Medicine, 1(6), 464-469.
  • Vallgårda, Signild, Krasnik, Allan, Vrangbæk, Karsten (2001). Health care systems in transition: Denmark. World Health Organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
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