Search results for: Resource Allocation

Techniques of Health Status Measurement Using a Health Index

1 April 1985

It is widely accepted that resources for the provision of health care are scarce, that is, there are not and never will be enough resources to satisfy either subjective “demands”…

Measuring Value with Pharmacoeconomics

26 May 2011

…of health technology assessment. The authors also explore the theoretical and practical issues that have arisen as the result of using CEA of drugs to make decisions about resource allocation,…

QALYs v. Other Criteria in NHS Decisions

17 May 2011

…NICE. If important differences exist, the efficiency of resources allocation may be affected negatively. Just released is an OHE Research Paper that examines whether and how decisions about allocating resources…

Disease severity and public preferences

4 November 2010

Does including the name of a specific severe disease in preference surveys affect public attitudes toward resource allocation? A recent proof of concept study suggests that ‘naming’ does not increase…

Value, Affordability, and Decision Making

Value, Affordability, and Decision Making Efficient allocation of healthcare budgets requires a clear understanding of whether interventions deliver good value for money. Resource-allocation decisions should therefore follow structured, transparent, and…

An eye on sustainability at the Economist’s Future of Health Europe

30 October 2023

…an alternative to a curative approach. As a result, prevention programmes and policies receive insufficient funding and resource allocation. Secondly, a fragmented and siloed approach to prevention across sectors and…

Incorporating Multiple Criteria in HTA

19 April 2011

…a number of considerations into decisions about resource allocation in health care, and many other fields, has given rise to ‘multiple criteria decision analysis’ (MCDA). This is defined by the…

OHE Posters at HTAi: Tokyo 2016

24 May 2016

…Countries by Grace Marsden Health technology assessment (HTA) and other tools for decision making are used around the world to promote efficient resource allocation within healthcare systems. Resource allocation decisions…

The State of Play for Cost-effectiveness Thresholds

28 June 2022

…evidence. 3. Maintain flexibility. Cost-effectiveness thresholds are a blunt instrument for decision-making because they do not capture all that is relevant to resource allocation decisions. Policymakers should maintain flexibility in…