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Developments in Economic Evaluation in Health Care: A Review of HEED
3 January 2004
Health care decision makers are becoming increasingly concerned with obtaining value for money and therefore with the use of economic evidence, particularly as a criterion for the reimbursement of new…
Keep on Taking the Tablets? A Review of the Problem of Patient Non-Compliance
1 October 1983
There has always been a problem in making sure that patients take the medicines which doctors prescribe for them in accordance with their instructions. The problem varies from the patients…
Looking Further Afield – What Can Health Economics Learn from the Environmental Economics Approach to Discounting?
1 February 2024
…The Value of a Statistical Life: A Critical Review of Market Estimates Throughout the World. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 27(1), pp.5–76. Weitzman, M.L., 2001. Gamma Discounting. American Economic Review,…
Valuing Health at the End of Life: A Review of Stated Preference Studies in the Social Sciences Literature
9 April 2018
…at the end of life: A review of stated preference studies in the social sciences literature. Social Science & Medicine, 204, pp.39-50. The review is the latest output from…
Review of Plans for Refining Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures
19 February 2013
At a recent meeting of the Pharmaceutical Onology Initiative’s (POI) HTA group, OHE’s Nancy Devlin provided an overview of the EuroQol Group’s scientific research agenda for the coming year and…
The Economics of the Market for Medicines: 2013 Review
26 March 2013
OHE’s Dr Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz is a visiting lecturer in the Department of Economics at City University London. As part of his 2013 activities, he recently gave a comprehensive lecture on…
Appraising Ultra-Orphan Drugs: Is Cost-Per-QALY Appropriate? A Review of the Evidence
1 March 2018
The report addresses the implications of NICE appraising treatments for very rare diseases using a cost-per-QALY gained decision rule of the type used by NICE in its Technology Appraisal Programme…
Critical Review of the Quality and Competition Measures and Identification Strategies Used in Health Care Studies
1 December 2011
Prepared as background for the OHE Commission on Competition, this paper provides an overview of the published literature detailing the links between quality and competition in health care systems. It…