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Assessing the Performance of the EQ-VAS in the NHS PROMs Programme
1 April 2012
…profile, asks patients to classify their health based on levels of problems (“no”, “some”, ”extreme”). The second is the EQ-VAS, which asks patients to indicate their overall health on a…
The Use of Pay-for-Performance for Drugs: Can It Improve Incentives for Innovation?
1 February 2012
…highly controversial and is disliked by many health care providers, policy makers, and… Interest is growing in schemes that involve “paying for pills by results”, that is, “paying for performance”…
New Methods for Modelling EQ-5D-5L Value Sets: An Application to English Data
1 January 2016
…in Health Economics. There are some differences between the value set reported in the Health Economics version and the provisional value set reported in the OHE Research Paper version. Any…
New Drugs to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance: EU Policy Options
1 October 2010
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to drugs, a natural and unavoidable consequence of treating infectious diseases, is a growing global public health threat. The EU Commission is to develop comprehensive proposals by…
Infant and Child Health
1 December 1975
…NHS, the evolution of the welfare services and the significant advances in the medical speciality of paediatrics have all contributed to the vast post-war improvements in infant and child health….
Price Comparisons of Identical Products in Japan, the United States and Europe
1 August 1981
…of guidance has been sought through comparisons of international prices. Unfortunately, differences in regulatory/reimbursement systems and in corporate strategies coupled with inconsistencies between methods of administration, dosage strengths and usage…
Keep on Taking the Tablets? A Review of the Problem of Patient Non-Compliance
1 October 1983
…respect between the doctor and patient. In a satisfactory doctor patient relationship the patient should fully understand all aspects of his treatment and should be careful to follow accurately the…
Childhood Vaccination: Current Controversies
1 July 1984
…high levels of ill-health with which they are associated. In 1982, nearly 66,000 cases of whooping cough and 94,000 cases of measles were notified to the health authorities in England…
AIDS Virus: Forecasting Its Impact
1 December 1986
…the four Thames Regions of the National Health Service (CDSC 1986). Yet aside from the extensive and sometimes sensational reporting of the problem in the general media, AIDS is viewed…