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.
Allocating Public Spending Efficiently: Is There a Need for a Better Mechanism to Inform Decisions in the UK and Elsewhere?
16 June 2021
Our new paper explores the evidence currently being used to allocate budgets between public sector activities in the UK and its limitations. We argue that there…
Making Outcome-Based Payment a Reality in the NHS. Phase Two: Practical Considerations
1 December 2021
Outcome-based payment (OBP) is a flexible payment mechanism linking the price the NHS pays for a medicine to the outcomes it achieves in practice for NHS…
OHE at HESG Winter 2021
11 January 2021
Members from the team at OHE attended the Health Economists’ Study Group (HESG) Winter 2021 Meeting, hosted online by the Centre for Health Economics in London,…
How is Quality of Life Measured for Health Technology Assessments?
1 July 2021
Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is the economic evaluation method that is typically preferred by health technology assessment agencies. Quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) – a composite measure of quality and…
Why we need a new Outcomes-based Value Attribution Framework for Combination Regimens in Oncology
1 February 2021
Using medicines in combination can deliver better outcomes for patients across different tumour types and disease stages. Yet many HTA agencies do not find that the…
Should We ‘Drop Dead’ from Health State Valuation?
10 December 2020
In a new OHE Research Paper, Chris Sampson, David Parkin, and Nancy Devlin consider whether ‘dead’ must be used as an anchor in health state valuation.…
How to Analyse EQ-5D Data? Methods for Analysing and Reporting EQ-5D Data: The Indispensable New Guide
8 December 2020
“Methods for Analysing and Reporting EQ-5D Data” is the first published guide on how to analyse data produced by the EQ-5D. The official launch of this…
A NICE Wind of Change? The What and So What of the NICE Methods Consultation
7 December 2020
This blog post summarises some of the more notable changes put forward in NICE’s methods consultation (November – December 2020), and comments on their potential consequences.
Virtual ISPOR European 2020
10 November 2020
The Virtual ISPOR Europe 2020 will be commencing next week. A number of OHE researchers will be in attendance to present their research. With the theme…