Grant-Funded Research
Research Papers are the results of OHE’s grant-funded research programmes intended to promote discussion and provide information prior to publication in a peer reviewed journal
Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis to Value Orphan Medicines
1 May 2013
The purpose of this research is to identify the attributes to include in a value framework for orphan medicinal products (OMPs), determine their relative importance using…
Projecting Expenditure on Medicines in the NHS
4 January 2013
Medicines account for less than 10% of total NHS expenditure in the UK. Because spending on medicines is easy to separate out, however, this sector continues…
The Effect of Free Personal Care for the Elderly on Informal Caregiving
1 February 2013
Forecasters predict that the population of people aged 65+ in the UK will double by 2050, constituting a quarter of the total population. This will seriously…
Understanding Social Preferences Regarding the Prioritisation of Treatments Addressing Unmet Need and Severity
1 December 2012
The UK Government is proposing to include “burden of illness” criteria in its scheme for value based pricing of branded medicines, potentially according higher rewards to medicines…
Valuing Health at the End of Life: A Stated Preference Discrete Choice Experiment
1 December 2012
In 2009, the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued supplementary advice that its Appraisal Committees are to consider when assessing treatments that…
Can and Should Value Based Pricing Be Applied to Molecular Diagnostics?
1 April 2012
Diagnostics not only facilitate health gain and cost savings, but also provide information to inform patients’ decisions on interventions and to clarify how their behaviour may…
The Tougher the Better: The Effect of an Increased Performance Threshold on the Performance of General Practitioners
4 January 2012
In April 2006, payment thresholds were raised for GPs who participate in Scotland’s Ouality and Outcomes Framework. GPs were required to meet new, higher thresholds on…
Assessing the Performance of the EQ-VAS in the NHS PROMs Programme
1 April 2012
The NHS Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) programme, introduced in April 2009, is a significant development in the routine collection and use of patient reported outcome…
Valuing Health at the End of Life: An Exploratory Preference Elicitation Study
1 December 2011
In 2009, the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued supplementary advice that its Appraisal Committees are to consider when assessing treatments that…