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 Broader Value of Existing Vaccines in the Fight Against COVID-19: Beware of Tunnel Vision
8 October 2020
As the world is figuring out how to deal with COVID-19, it is worth taking stock of the broader value that existing vaccines bring to societies…
Establishing a Reasonable Price for an Orphan Drug
11 September 2020
Berdud, Drummond and Towse (2020) propose a method for establishing a reasonable price for an orphan drug. Assuming prices for drugs are set according to incremental…
How do we Get and Pay for New Antibiotics? Proposed New Models for Value Assessment and Contracting for Payment.
26 March 2020
This presentation to the Australian Society for Antimicrobials (ASA) meeting in Melbourne, on 27th February 2020 draws on OHE research, funded by the Wellcome Trust, on…
Do child QALYs = adult QALYs? Five reasons why they might not
4 February 2020
Why might differences arise between child and adult QALYs? In the UK, NICE’s science policy and research team is reviewing NICE’s recommendations on child utilities and…
Anchoring Latent Scale Values for the EQ-5D-Y at 0 = Dead
20 January 2020
This OHE Research Paper describes a study in which four stated preference methods for anchoring EQ-5D-Y values were compared: visual analogue scale, discrete choice experiment (with…
OHE Lunchtime Seminar: Personalised Medicine: Is it an oil-rush or oil-spill?
16 January 2020
OHE Lunchtime Seminar with Alistair McGuire, 3rd February 2020. The seminar will present some preliminary thoughts on the promises offered by personalised medicine that it will…
Drop Dead: Is Anchoring at ‘Dead’ a Theoretical Requirement in Health State Valuation?
1 November 2020
By convention, values for generic ‘preference-based’ measures, such as the EQ-5D, are anchored at 1 = full health and 0 = dead. This paper challenges the…
How do we Measure the “Value” in Value-Based care?
1 October 2020
Determining and defining value in health care is a persistent challenge in every country. To some extent, what constitutes value depends on perspective, e.g. a pharmaceutical company…
The Broader Value of Vaccines: The Return on Investment From a Governmental Perspective
1 August 2020
Most value assessments of vaccination programs are carried out by taking the perspective of the health system. To stimulate the debate concerning the broader value of vaccination beyond this perspective, this report quantifies the related return on investment to the UK government.