Measuring and Valuing Outcomes
We have established an excellent reputation for leading innovative, ideas-driven, and theoretically sound research on the measurement and valuation of outcomes. Health care systems should put patient-relevant outcomes at the heart of decisions about funding and providing health and social care.
The Evolution of HTA in Emerging Markets Health Care Systems: Analysis to Support a Policy Response
1 January 2011
This report examines and makes suggestions for the appropriate use of health technology assessment (HTA) in emerging markets. In particulary, it considers how the stage of development…
Prof Devlin Elected Chair of EuroQol Group
25 November 2010
OHE is pleased to announce that Professor Nancy Devlin, Director of Research, has been elected as Chair of the EuroQol Group’s executive committee, effective as from…
Limits to Using QALYs in Cancer
3 August 2010
QALY measures have become important tools in valuing health interventions so that resource allocations can be made. Current methods, however, may not adequately capture QALYs for…
EuroQol Group to Report Key EQ-5D Advances
10 June 2010
The EuroQol Group’s 27th Scientific Plenary will take place in mid-September. Researchers will report on several exciting developments in the EQ-5D, a measure of self-reported health…
Time Trade Off and Valuing Quality of Life
28 April 2010
In an article in Health Economics, Prof Devlin and her co-authors demonstrate the promise of using Lead Time TTO to value health ‘state worse than death’.…
OHE Awarded DH Grant for EQ-5D Research
13 April 2010
The OHE has won a £325,000 grant from the UK Department of Health that focuses on developing a new health status index – the 5 level…
Getting the Most out of PROMs
1 April 2010
Getting the Most out of PROMS is a clearly written, comprehensive review of the practical issues involved in creating reliable PROMs, in presenting results both accurately…
PROMs and Choice in the NHS
30 March 2010
PROMs are intended to fill a critical gap in understanding the impact of health care on the patient’s quality of life. OHE is closely involved in…
A Comparison of Alternative Variants of the Lead and Lag Time TTO
12 January 2010
OHE was awarded a UK Department of Health grant to further develop three aspects of health status indexes. Results of the second of these, advances in…