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.
Which English Hospital is Best at Hips?
29 September 2010
Earlier this month, the first set of data on post operative patient reported outcomes (PROMs) was published by the Department of Health (DH). For the first…
Limits to Using QALYs in Cancer
3 August 2010
QALY measures have become important tools in valuing health interventions so that resource allocations can be made. Current methods, however, may not adequately capture QALYs for…
EuroQol Group to Report Key EQ-5D Advances
10 June 2010
The EuroQol Group’s 27th Scientific Plenary will take place in mid-September. Researchers will report on several exciting developments in the EQ-5D, a measure of self-reported health…
News Release: Report on Patient Choice in the UK
4 June 2010
A report published today by The King’s Fund shows that having a choice of hospitals is valued by the majority of patients. However, it is not…
Time Trade Off and Valuing Quality of Life
28 April 2010
In an article in Health Economics, Prof Devlin and her co-authors demonstrate the promise of using Lead Time TTO to value health ‘state worse than death’.…
OHE Awarded DH Grant for EQ-5D Research
13 April 2010
The OHE has won a £325,000 grant from the UK Department of Health that focuses on developing a new health status index – the 5 level…
Getting the Most out of PROMs
1 April 2010
Getting the Most out of PROMS is a clearly written, comprehensive review of the practical issues involved in creating reliable PROMs, in presenting results both accurately…
PROMs and Choice in the NHS
30 March 2010
PROMs are intended to fill a critical gap in understanding the impact of health care on the patient’s quality of life. OHE is closely involved in…
Getting the Most out of PROMs: Putting Health Outcomes at the Heart of NHS Decision-Making
1 March 2010
In 2009, the English NHS began collecting patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for four elective procedures. Using a series of structured questions that ask patients about their…