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.

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End of Life Treatments, Societal Values, and ‘Overall’ Preference

12 February 2019

OHE’s Koonal Shah gave a presentation on societal values and the provision of end of life treatments at a Manchester Centre for Health Economics seminar.

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OHE Response to Public Consultation on NICE Principles

7 February 2019

OHE has submitted a response to the public consultation on updating the principles that guide the development of NICE guidance and standards.

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OHE Lecturing for Professional Training at ICPS

5 February 2019

Bernarda Zamora delivered a pro bono lecture to professionals from diverse countries enrolled at the Professional Certificate in Strategic Planning organised by the International Centre of…

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HTA and Payment Mechanisms for New Drugs to Tackle AMR

1 September 2019

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing public health threat, limiting the ability of health care systems to prevent and treat infections and save lives. In parallel,…

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The Case of Risperidone: Assessing the Life-cycle Value of Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Sweden and the UK

1 July 2019

The present work aims to assess the life-cycle value of innovative medicines based on the example of Second-Generation Antipsychotics (SGA). Assessing the entire life-cycle of SGA,…

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Documento de debate sobre la fijación de precios en función de la indicación (IBP) ¿Deben variar los precios de los medicamentos según la indicación?

1 June 2019

Cada vez más, los avances científicos desarrollan nuevas medicinas que permiten mejoras en la supervivencia y calidad de vida para diversas indicaciones terapéuticas. La fijación de…

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Indication-Based Pricing (IBP) Discussion Paper: Should drug prices differ by indication?

1 May 2019

Increasingly, scientific advances are delivering new medicines that deliver improved survival and quality of life across multiple treatment indications. Indication-Based Pricing (IBP) has been proposed as…

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The WHO Technical Report on the Pricing of Cancer Medicines: Missing a central role for HTA and value assessment

1 April 2019

The WHO Technical Report: Pricing of cancer medicines and its impacts (“the Report”) was published in order to address requests made in a resolution adopted by…

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Exploring Variations in the Opportunity Cost Cost-effectiveness Threshold by Clinical Area: Results from a Feasibility Study in England

1 March 2019

Estimating a cost-effectiveness threshold reflecting the opportunity cost of adopting a new technology in a health system is not easy. This OHE research paper provides empirical…