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New Study of Time Lags in Translating Medical Research into Practice
30 November 2012
…of types of medical interventions – for example, a new drug, a service delivery such as behavioural therapy, or a screening programme for specific diseases. Both the markers and the…
In Memoriam: George Teeling Smith, OHE’s First Director
17 February 2013
…outcomes for patients), or what incentives would improve performance by doctors or hospitals. We still knew little about the costs of diseases and how much value various medicines represented in…
Valuing Orphan Medicines Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
7 May 2013
…to decision making. The project included both literature reviews and workshops. Literature searches were completed for the natural history and burden of 40 rare diseases and for how payers assess…
Forecasting the Challenges and Economics of Drug Development in 2022
9 July 2013
…this publication. 1. Health care will be radically transformed as “precision” medicines plug into the specific genetic makeup of both patients and diseases, paired with increasingly powerful and convenient diagnostics….
Measuring the Relationship Between Health and Subjective Well-being
24 July 2013
…research on measures and in other diseases is necessary. Download Cubí-Mollá, P., de Vries, J. and Devlin, N., 2013. A study of the relationship between health and subjective well-being in Parkinson’s disease….
Dr Fraser Lewis Joins OHE as Head of Statistics
17 September 2013
…trial funded by the Gates Foundation focusing on nutrition and enteric diseases. Fraser holds a PhD in statistics from the University of Strathclyde. He has over 50 peer-reviewed publications in leading…
NICE Decisions: Cost-effectiveness is the Most Significant Predictor
21 November 2013
…with increases in the incremental cost-effectiveness ration (ICER), with the tipping point most often being between £39,000 and £44,000. No significant change in this was observable over time. Specific diseases…
OHE Models Incentives for Antibiotic Drug Development
18 March 2014
…resistance to existing antibiotics is an increasingly serious global health issue that extends to a number of diseases. Earlier OHE research defined the parameters of policy options, which must achieve…
2014 Annual Lecture: Is Universal Health Care Coverage the Holy Grail?
7 May 2014
…movement founded in Alma Ata in 1975 and pursued through WHO’s slogan ‘Health for All’. Recent policies have focussed on controlling specific diseases such as HIV and malaria and delivering…