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New: Assessing the Performance of the EQ-VAS in the NHS PROMS Programme
16 April 2012
…the authors note that no discoverable research has been done on how patients or members of the general public interpret the upper and lower endpoints of the EQ-VAS – “best”…
The Tougher the Better: The Effect of GP Performance Thresholds in Scotland
20 April 2012
…groups of GPs”, the authors note. The research examines whether GP practices that had initially higher and initially lower performance responded differently. The financial incentives for low-performing GPs were strongest:…
Institutions for Industrial Competitiveness in the International Pharmaceutical Industry
3 January 2003
One of the main characteristics of the pharmaceutical industry, including biotechnology, is the important role played by public institutions. Their role is not only focused on encouraging research and development…
Measuring the Relationship Between Health and Subjective Well-being
24 July 2013
…allocation decisions in the future. In this OHE Research Paper, the authors use Parkinson’s disease as a case study in assessing the fit between measures of health and subjective well-being….
Inconsistent Use of Cost-effectiveness Thresholds in NHS Scotland
12 December 2013
This study finds an apparent mismatch in the decision making approaches of the SMC and the NHS Boards. OHE today released a Research Paper on the use of QALY thresholds…
HTA and Payment Mechanisms for New Drugs to Tackle AMR
23 September 2019
A new OHE Research Paper summarises the findings of a project funded by the Wellcome Trust on innovative HTA methods and contracting for antibiotics. The paper provides an overview of…
Taking STRIDES: The value of diagnostics against AMR
10 June 2025
…control. Research value: Supports the development of new antimicrobials by improving trial recruitment and design. Insurance value: Helps preserve last-line antimicrobials and mitigate catastrophic AMR outbreaks. Diversity value: Facilitates more varied and targeted…
A New Publication in Health Economics: An Exploration of the Non‐iterative Time Trade‐off Method to Value Health States
11 June 2018
…Health Economists’ Study Group meeting (Birmingham, 2017). The final version of the paper has been presented at the Aberdeen Health Economics Research Unit seminar (Aberdeen, 2018). The project is funded…
Chris Sampson
9 October 2017
Chris is an expert in economic evaluation. His research focuses on significant methodological and policy challenges relating to the value of interventions and programmes for health. At OHE, Chris’s research…