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OHE’s Devlin Co-Author on Prize-Winning EQ-5D Paper
14 October 2014
An OHE co-authored journal article that analyses variations in hospital performance in improving patient health has been awarded the prize by EuroQol for ‘best scientific paper’…
Towse at ISPOR: Macro HTA and Managed Entry Agreements
7 October 2014
Adrian Towse, currently President of ISPOR, contributed to two session at the recent ISPOR Asia-Pacific conference. Using HTA to maximise health system performance: Health technology assessment…
Spotlight on OHE: Innovation, Regulation and Antibiotics
30 September 2014
OHE long has been involved in analysing the nature of innovation and the effects of regulation. Two recent OHE presentations address the core issues.
Cost Savings from Treating Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: OHE Consulting Report
26 September 2014
The British Lung Foundation commissioned OHE Consulting to undertake an analysis of the costs of obstructive sleep apnoea and the economic benefits of treating it. The…
Competition and Outcomes in the NHS: Hip Replacement
23 September 2014
Discussed yesterday at an OHE Lunchtime Seminar is a new journal article that explores the possible connection between hospital competition and outcomes for non-emergency hip replacement…
Generating EQ-5D-5L Values in the UAE with TTO and DCE: Initial Results
16 September 2014
As reported in this blog in November 2013, OHE’s Professor Nancy Devlin and Koonal Shah have been working on-site in Abu Dhabi to establish a new programme to…
Annual Lecture 2014: Is Universal Health Coverage the Holy Grail?
19 August 2014
Each year, the OHE sponsors a lecture that explores a timely issue in medicine or health economics. At the 22nd Annual Lecture, held in June 2014,…
What Determines the Shape of an EQ-5D Index Distribution?
12 August 2014
In a new OHE Research Paper, OHE’s Nancy Devlin and Yan Feng join David Parkin from King’s College London in analysing characteristics of the EQ-5D indexing…
Bengt Jönsson Honoured for Contribution to Health Economics
6 August 2014
Launched at a seminar in his honour May 2014, Portrait of a Health Economist: Essays by Colleagues and Friends of Bengt Jönsson is an impressive collection…