Search results for: Resource Allocation

Foundation

What is Health Economics? Health economics is a specialised field within economics that primarily revolves around the allocation and utilisation of limited resources within the healthcare system, with the ultimate…

The NICE Health Technology Evaluation Manual: A Fresh Perspective Needed?

16 March 2022

…therefore shapes resource allocation and access to new treatments. In this blog, we review the changes to NICE’s health technology evaluation manual to include elements of a ‘societal perspective’. What…

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”…

Allocating Resources Based on “Happiness” – OHE Lunchtime Seminar

16 March 2012

…health care resource allocation decisions. OHE’s invitational lunchtime seminar held March 14th featured the research of Prof Paul Dolan of the LSE on using measures of subjective wellbeing – “happiness”…

Around the World in HTAs: United States – Making HTA Great Again

11 June 2024

…in healthcare costs that accompanied its passage, HTA has gained renewed vigour in the US. The need for prioritising resource allocation has become a matter for public discussion. The role…

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,…

Vaccines

…financial implications of vaccines against their health benefits, aiding in resource allocation and policy formulation. Utilizing various models such as Markov and decision-analytic models, health economics predicts the long-term effects…

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…