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.
New OHE Research Paper: A Review of NICE Methods Across Health Technology Assessment Programmes: Differences, Justifications and Implications
3 May 2016
OHE has published a new Research Paper which provides a review of methods across NICE’s various HTA programmes. The paper summarises the key differences and provides…
New Publication: Opportunity Costs and Local Health Service Spending Decisions – A Qualitative Study from Wales
26 April 2016
Work by Sarah Karlsberg Schaffer (OHE), Jon Sussex (RAND Europe), Dyfrig Hughes (Bangor University) and Nancy Devlin (OHE) has recently been published in BMC Health Services…
New OHE Consulting Report on Shaping Research Agenda to Estimate Cost-effectiveness Thresholds for Decision Making
18 April 2016
OHE publishes new Consulting Report on shaping the research agenda to estimate relevant cost-effectiveness thresholds for Health Technology Assessment decision making.
OHE Response: The National PROMs Programme Consultation
15 April 2016
This post summarises OHE’s response to NHS England’s national PROMs programme consultation.
Care at the End of Life: An Economic Perspective
6 April 2016
Just published is a book on the economics of end of life care, featuring a chapter by OHE’s Koonal Shah.
OHE Lunchtime Seminar on 19 April 2016: Evidence that challenges decision makers: experiences and examples
29 March 2016
Dr Amanda Adler, Chair of NICE Appraisal Committee B and Consultant Physician, will present an OHE Seminar on 19 April 2016.
New OHE Publications: An EQ-5D-5L Value Set for England
22 March 2016
Two newly published OHE Research Papers report the methods and findings of the ‘EQ-5D-5L value set for England’ study.
Recently published: Are Wider Societal Effects Considered in Healthcare Decision-making?
29 February 2016
Health interventions can produce economic gains for patients and national economies. In practice, however, the health-wealth link is rarely considered.
New ISPOR Task Force Report on Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis
9 February 2016
Professor Nancy Devlin co-chaired the ISPOR task force on uses of MCDA in health care decision making. The first report from the task force has just…