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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Publication

“New Age” Decision Making in HTA: Is It Applicable in Asia?

1 August 2016

This report provides a detailed summary of a panel session which took place at the HTAi 2016 annual meeting in Tokyo. The panel session was entitled…

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A Review of NICE Methods Across Health Technology Assessment Programmes: Differences, Justifications and Implications

1 May 2016

NICE’s decisions exert an influence on the allocation of fixed NHS budgets, but decisions for different types of health interventions (for example drugs and devices) are…

Shaping the Research Agenda to Estimate Cost-effectiveness Thresholds for Decision Making
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Shaping the Research Agenda to Estimate Cost-effectiveness Thresholds for Decision Making

4 January 2016

This report details the views of a selection of experts in the fields of health and welfare economics on the cost-effectiveness threshold used by the National…

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Assessing Trends in SMC Advice Decisions (October 2009- September 2015)

1 February 2016

The objective of this OHE Consulting Report was to outline trends in Scottish Medicines Committee (SMC) advice decisions for medicines for the period October 2009 to…

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Cost-per-QALY in the US and Britain

28 December 2015

Professor Weinstein compares the use of cost-per-QALY approaches in the UK and the US. Britain has got it closer to right, but may go a little…

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New OHE Publication: Model of Behaviour within Fuzzy Budget Constraints

23 December 2015

Recently published is a new OHE research paper entitled ‘Model of Behaviour within Fuzzy Budget Constraints’. The paper presents a model to capture the behaviour of…

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OHE Lunchtime Seminar on 14 December 2015: From the Antipodes to the Motherland: Reflections on HTA Decision Makers as Budget Takers and Budget Makers

13 November 2015

OHE’s Deputy Director Paula Lorgelly will present an OHE Seminar on 14th December 2015 on the topic of HTA decision makers as budget takers and budget…

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Valuing Health at the End of Life: A Review of the Empirical Literature

3 November 2015

Do members of the general public wish to place greater weight on a unit of health gain for end of life patients than on that for…

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OHE at ISPOR Latin America: Policy Options for Formulary Development in Middle-income Countries

20 October 2015

This post summarises OHE’s activities at this year’s ISPOR Latin America conference in Santiago, September 2015. Topics include policy options for formulary development in middle-income countries,…