Value, Affordability, and Decision Making
Efficient decisions about allocating health care budgets require assessment of the effects of health care interventions and the value for money they provide. Decision-making processes leading to funding decisions should be structured and evidence-based.
Bridging the Gap: Pathways for Regulatory and Health Technology Assessment of Histology Independent Cancer Treatments
8 January 2021
Histology independent therapies are changing the picture of cancer treatment and in so doing don’t ‘fit the frame’ of value assessment. What are the key challenges on the pathway from regulatory to Health Technology Assessment and how can we bridge those? This blog summarises expert and audience insights from an OHE-led ISPOR Educational Session, held Nov 9th 2020.
Key Factors on How to Procure, Pay, Distribute and Use Vaccines for COVID-19: A European Perspective
1 May 2021
After the shock caused by the first wave of COVID-19, discovering vaccines against the virus and administering them quickly to the population became the utmost priority…
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…
Realising The Broader Value of Vaccines in the UK: Ready for Prime Time?
1 February 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the broad and devastating health, economic and societal impact of a highly infectious and deadly disease. In addition to the human…
Resource Allocation in Public Sector Programmes: Does the Value of a Life Differ Between Governmental Departments?
1 February 2021
This research paper examines whether value of a life estimates used in economic evaluation differs between government departments in a selection of developed countries. The authors find that generally estimates used in transport and the environment exceeded those used in health, which suggests that health may be undervalued by departments of health compared to departments of transport or environment.
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.
The Value of Diagnostic information (VODI) in Heart Failure – Recognising Value Beyond ‘Beats-Per-Minute’
3 December 2020
Bernarda Zamora presented at the virtual event entitled ‘Value of Diagnostic Information in Heart Failure’, which was organised by Roche Diagnostics. The panel, composed of six…
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…
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…