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The visual analogue scale in the EQ-5D: the EQ VAS

Assessing Use of the EQ-VAS in the NHS PROMs Programme

12 November 2013

This research addresses two critical issues about the use of the EQ-VAS. A paper recently published in Quality of Life Research by OHE’s Nancy Devlin and…

Workshop launches new EQ-5D project in the UAE

Groundbreaking EQ-5D Project Launched in the United Arab Emirates

5 November 2013

This project explores how existing valuation approaches can be adapted to the UAE culture. OHE’s Professor Nancy Devlin and Koonal Shah have been working on-site in…

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Updated: OHE Guide to UK Health and Health Care Statistics

30 October 2013

This respected compilation contains data on demographics, expenditures, hospitals and workforce, and health services. For nearly 40 years the OHE has been a specialist provider of…

Economic Incentives for Evidence Generation: Promoting an Efficient Path to Personalized Medicine

Personalised Medicine: Economic Incentives for Evidence Generation

28 October 2013

Four types of economic incentives for drugs and diagnostics are essential to encouraging more rapid progress in personalised medicine. Adrian Towse, OHE’s Director, and Lou Garrison,…

Seminar Updates Project on Time Lags in Medical Research

8 October 2013

Progress on this important UK Medical Research Council project was discussed. A major challenge in biomedical and health research is ensuring that research findings are effectively…

Projecting Expenditure on Medicines in the US NHS

Published: OHE Study Projecting UK Medicines Expenditure

30 September 2013

This research varies from other analyses in using a product-level, rather than a macro, approach. PharmacoEconomics has just published OHE’s study projecting medicines expenditure in the…

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Initial Findings from Research on an EQ-5D-5L Value Set for England

24 September 2013

Four papers presented at the EuroQol Plenary discussed preliminary findings. As reported earlier, OHE’s Prof Nancy Devlin and Prof Ben van Hout of the University of…

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Dr Fraser Lewis Joins OHE as Head of Statistics

17 September 2013

OHE is pleased to announce that biostatistician Dr Fraser Lewis has joined the team as Head of Statistics, leading our statistical research, consultancy and advisory activities.…

Health Economics: An Introduction to Economic Evaluation

Third Edition of OHE’s Guide to Health Economic Evaluation Released

12 September 2013

OHE today released the third edition of its popular primer, Health Economics: An Introduction to Economic Evaluation, authored by Gisela Kobelt, who has extensive hands-on experience…