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Anchoring Latent Scale Values for the EQ-5D-Y at 0 = Dead
1 January 2020
…compared to child perspective, with some variation across methods. Values for health state 33333 (the worst health state defined by the EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-Y descriptive systems) tended to be negative…
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…
Medicines, Health and the Poor World
1 April 1982
In 1972 the Office of Health Economics produced a paper entitled Medical Care in Developing Countries. Drawing on both information available within the pharmaceutical industry and the writings of commentators…
Keep on Taking the Tablets? A Review of the Problem of Patient Non-Compliance
1 October 1983
There has always been a problem in making sure that patients take the medicines which doctors prescribe for them in accordance with their instructions. The problem varies from the patients…
Childhood Vaccination: Current Controversies
1 July 1984
The historical roots of immunisation can probably be traced back to ancient Greek and Chinese civilisations and the observation that adults who survived an attack of smallpox did not usually…
Patterns of European Diagnoses and Prescribing
1 January 1984
In the summer of 1982 the Medico-Pharmaceutical Forum held a meeting on ‘Disparities in European Medicine’. The aim was to compare and contrast the various aspects of health and medical…
Health, Education and General Practice
1 January 1986
This booklet is based on a meeting organised by the Office of Health Economics and chaired by Sir John Butterfield at the Ciba Foundation on 30th October 1985. The meeting…
AIDS Virus: Forecasting Its Impact
1 December 1986
In purely quantitative terms, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) might not appear to have warranted the remarkable amount of attention it has attracted since 1982. By the end of October…
Migraine
1 September 1991
…of disturbances in the vascular or neurological systems, started in the late 19th century, remains unresolved. Various popular beliefs have grown up around migraine, for example, that it is a…