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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OHE at HESG: Value-based Assessment in the UK; Developing the EQ-5D-5L

23 January 2014

OHE’s contributions focused on approaches to implementing UK value-based assessment and the details of creating an EQ-5D-5L value set for England. The Health Economists’ Study Group…

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What Determines the Shape of an EQ-5D Index Distribution?

1 August 2014

The EQ-5D is one of the most used health-related quality of life instruments worldwide. Understanding the characteristics of its underlying data is essential. In this paper,…

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Adjusting Patient Case Mix to Compare PROMs across Providers

10 December 2013

The model reported in this publication aims at valid comparisons across providers, despite variations in patient populations. A number of arguments support the attractive notion of…

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OHE Consulting Offers New Services in Patient-Reported Outcomes

4 December 2013

OHE Consulting is now offering our clients advice and analytical services on health outcomes and the use of patient-reported outcomes (PRO) data, building on the extensive…

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Mike Herdman Appointed as OHE’s Head of Health Outcomes

25 November 2013

OHE’s extensive expertise in health outcomes will be further enhanced with the addition of Mike. OHE is delighted to announce the appointment of Mike Herdman as…

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Assessing Use of the EQ-VAS in the NHS PROMs Programme

12 November 2013

This research addresses two critical issues about the use of the EQ-VAS. A paper recently published in Quality of Life Research by OHE’s Nancy Devlin and…

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Groundbreaking EQ-5D Project Launched in the United Arab Emirates

5 November 2013

This project explores how existing valuation approaches can be adapted to the UAE culture. OHE’s Professor Nancy Devlin and Koonal Shah have been working on-site in…

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Initial Findings from Research on an EQ-5D-5L Value Set for England

24 September 2013

Four papers presented at the EuroQol Plenary discussed preliminary findings. As reported earlier, OHE’s Prof Nancy Devlin and Prof Ben van Hout of the University of…

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Special Issue of EJHE Examines Progress on Refinement of the EQ-5D

13 August 2013

Just released online [open access] is a special issue of the European Journal of Health Economics on the development of new research methods for the valuation…