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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2015 OHE Annual Lecture: Regulation, Reimbursement, and Evidence on New Medical Technologies: Experiences and Future Directions in the United States

10 June 2015

Register for the 2015 OHE Annual Lecture. Dr Mark McClellan will present on 6 July on the topic of Regulation, Reimbursement, and Evidence on New Medical…

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OHE at ISPOR Philadelphia Part 1: MCDA, Utility Functions and Big Data

7 May 2015

This post is the first of a two part summary of OHE’s scheduled activity at ISPOR Philadelphia 2015.

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Do Respondents Completing Abstract, Hypothetical Priority-Setting Exercises Agree with the Policy Implications of Their Choices?

3 March 2015

A new OHE Consulting Report examines whether respondents completing abstract, hypothetical priority-setting exercises in stated preference studies agree with the policy implications of their choices.

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OHE Occasional Paper Critiques the Claxton et al. £13,000 per QALY Estimate

24 February 2015

OHE has published an Occasional Paper highlighting the significant shortage of data that forced Claxton et al. to rely on a large number of strong assumptions…

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Spotlight on OHE: Opportunity Costs of NICE Decisions in Wales and HESG 2015

20 January 2015

Jon Sussex presents on the opportunity costs of implementing NICE decisions in Wales, and OHE attend HESG in Leeds, January 2015.

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Cost-per-QALY in the US and Britain: Damned if You Do and Damned if You Don’t

1 December 2015

Professor Weinstein presents a comprehensive analysis of the differences in attitudes between the US and the UK around how cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) fits into the health…

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Model of Behaviour within Fuzzy Budget Constraints

1 December 2015

This paper presents a model to capture the behaviour of health sector decision makers when making resource allocation decisions on the level and mix of healthcare…

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Data Governance Arrangements for Real-World Evidence

1 November 2015

The objective of this OHE Consulting Report was to understand and develop a view on the core principles that should govern how Real-World Data (RWD) is…

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Multi-indication Pricing: Pros, Cons and Applicability to the UK

1 October 2015

Multi-indication pricing (MIP) involves setting a different price for each major indication approved for a medicine. As value is likely to differ across major indications, if…