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Assessing the Use of Multi-indication Medicines: A Review of Current Data Capabilities in the UK

31 March 2015

A new OHE Consulting Report considers the data capabilities in the UK for monitoring medicine use according to indication using real world data.

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OHE’s Deputy Director Jon Sussex to Become Chief Economist at RAND Europe

27 March 2015

OHE Deputy Director Jon Sussex will be leaving OHE in early June to take up the role of Chief Economist at RAND Europe and Co-Director (with…

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OHE is Recruiting for Two Positions: A Deputy Director and an Economist.

26 March 2015

The Office of Health Economics is looking to recruit for two vacancies: A Deputy Director and an Economist.

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OHE Lunchtime Seminar on 29 April 2015: Do Financial Incentives Trump Clinical Guidance? Hip Replacement in England and Scotland

24 March 2015

Dr Irene Papanicolas and Dr Alistair McGuire will speak at an OHE lunchtime seminar on Wednesday 29th April 2015.

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Published in Health Economics: the Effect of Free Personal Care for the Elderly on Informal Caregiving

17 March 2015

Just published in Health Economics is an article by OHE’s Sarah Karlsberg Schaffer that estimates the effect of free personal care on the supply of informal…

A Framework for Payer Assessment of the Value of New Technologies: A US Approach

10 March 2015

Dr Steven Pearson has convened a US policy workgroup of payers, drug and device manufacturers, patients’ groups, and clinician specialty societies to help develop a “value…

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Do Respondents Completing Abstract, Hypothetical Priority-Setting Exercises Agree with the Policy Implications of Their Choices?

3 March 2015

A new OHE Consulting Report examines whether respondents completing abstract, hypothetical priority-setting exercises in stated preference studies agree with the policy implications of their choices.

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OHE Briefing on Incentives to Follow Best Practice in Health Care

27 February 2015

OHE has published a Briefing by Karlsberg Schaffer, Sussex and Feng summarising the evidence on incentives that encourage providers of health care to follow guidance on…

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OHE Occasional Paper Critiques the Claxton et al. £13,000 per QALY Estimate

24 February 2015

OHE has published an Occasional Paper highlighting the significant shortage of data that forced Claxton et al. to rely on a large number of strong assumptions…