Value-Based Health and Care is a paradigm that is being adopted across the World in response to the challenges that health and care systems are facing. Whilst the principles of VBHC are understood, there is an urgent need for research to inform the evolution of VBHC and how it can be implemented in diverse healthcare economies.
Only through research and dissemination of knowledge underpinned by academic rigour can we know how best to define and measure the outcomes that matter to people as part of their routine care; what societal value really is; how to create shared value fairly through long-term partnerships with industry; how to evolve the VBHC model to span health and social care and across longitudinal care pathways; how VBHC supports delivery of Prudent Healthcare and its global equivalents.