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.
Economics of Innovative Payment Models Compared with Single Pricing of Pharmaceuticals
1 July 2018
The current system of a single price per medicine means that, for multi-indication medicines, the relationship between price and “value” can vary substantially. In this OHE…
The Debate on Indication-Based Pricing in the U.S. and Five Major European Countries
5 January 2018
The notion that the price of a medicine should be linked in some way to value it generates for patients and the health system is generally…
Appraising Ultra-Orphan Drugs: Is Cost-Per-QALY Appropriate? A Review of the Evidence
1 March 2018
The report addresses the implications of NICE appraising treatments for very rare diseases using a cost-per-QALY gained decision rule of the type used by NICE in…
Real World Evidence for Coverage Decisions: Opportunities and Challenges
3 January 2018
OHE Research Paper 18/01: This paper sets out the potential opportunities and important challenges and limitations that must be addressed in considering options for using RWE…
Understanding the Context, Selecting the Standards: A Framework to Guide the Optimal Development and Use of Real-World Evidence for Coverage and Formulary Decisions
1 March 2018
OHE Research Paper 18/02: Real World Evidence (RWE) – This paper provides a framework and specific steps to help both manufacturers and payers meet the challenge…
OHE at ISPOR’s 20th Annual European Congress in Glasgow
2 November 2017
Meet OHE researchers in Glasgow, where they’ll be presenting their work at ISPOR from 4th-8th November 2017
Antimicrobials Resistance: A Call for Multi-disciplinary Action. How Can HTA Help? A Summary of a Symposium held at HTAi Rome 2017
31 October 2017
OHE has just published a new briefing entitled ‘Antimicrobials Resistance: A Call for Multi-disciplinary Action. How Can HTA Help?’
Opportunities for Utilising ‘Real World Data’ in South Korea
20 October 2017
OHE publishes a report assessing the capacity in South Korea for the collection and use of real-world data in health care.
What Determines Health Care Expenditure in High Income Countries?
18 September 2017
OHE’s Yan Feng and Grace Hampson, along with colleagues from the Health Foundation and RAND Europe, have published a new paper in Applied Economics and Finance…