EQ-5D and PROMs

Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are used to evaluate health interventions, providing a measure of an individual’s health status. The EQ-5D is a PROM recommended by NICE for measuring health benefits. It considers 5 dimensions of health and can be used across various diseases.

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How Widely Are QALYs Used in OECD Countries? A Snapshot of International Practices

11 June 2025

As healthcare systems strive to allocate resources efficiently, the use of economic evaluation metrics like Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) has become increasingly important.

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Adding a “Cognition Bolt-on” to EQ-5D-5L: Insights from New Research and What’s Next

10 April 2025

As part of EuroQol’s current priority-setting work, the development of bolt-ons for the EQ-5D-5L instrument has taken centre stage. A “bolt-on toolbox” is being developed to…

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EQ-5D and beyond: OHE’s contributions to EuroQol research and meetings

27 February 2025

Measuring and valuing health outcomes is arguably what makes health economics such a unique and sometimes controversial discipline. The idea of putting a numerical value on…

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Kahneman’s legacy in health economics

4 April 2024

Daniel Kahneman (1934 – 2024) was a Nobel Prize-winning psychologist known for his pioneering work in behavioural economics.

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ISPOR Europe Round-up: “Gene Therapies: Where High Promise Meets High Uncertainty, How Should HTA Methodologies Appropriately Value and Enable Access?”

8 December 2022

OHE, in collaboration with Pfizer, hosted an educational symposium entitled “Gene Therapies: Where High Promise Meets High Uncertainty, How Should HTA methodologies Appropriately Value and Enable Access?”.

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OHE is Leading Research to Develop an EQ-5D ‘Bolt-on’ for Hearing

19 July 2022

OHE and the University of Technology Sydney are leading a study funded by the EuroQol Research Foundation to develop a ‘bolt-on’ descriptor for the EQ-5D. The…

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Including Carer Quality of Life in Health Technology Evaluation: Are We There Yet?

10 March 2022

Carer quality of life impacts can be included in health technology evaluations, however little guidance is provided. NICE considered providing more guidance as part of their…

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To Hell with the 3L! NICE’s Missed Opportunity to Upgrade Health Outcome Measurement

2 March 2022

This blog post is the second in a series on the new National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) health technology evaluation manual. Each post…

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Should We ‘Drop Dead’ from Health State Valuation?

10 December 2020

In a new OHE Research Paper, Chris Sampson, David Parkin, and Nancy Devlin consider whether ‘dead’ must be used as an anchor in health state valuation.…