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.
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…
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…
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.…
How to Analyse EQ-5D Data? Methods for Analysing and Reporting EQ-5D Data: The Indispensable New Guide
8 December 2020
“Methods for Analysing and Reporting EQ-5D Data” is the first published guide on how to analyse data produced by the EQ-5D. The official launch of this…
Do child QALYs = adult QALYs? Five reasons why they might not
4 February 2020
Why might differences arise between child and adult QALYs? In the UK, NICE’s science policy and research team is reviewing NICE’s recommendations on child utilities and…
Anchoring Latent Scale Values for the EQ-5D-Y at 0 = Dead
20 January 2020
This OHE Research Paper describes a study in which four stated preference methods for anchoring EQ-5D-Y values were compared: visual analogue scale, discrete choice experiment (with…
Anchoring Latent Scale Values for the EQ-5D-Y at 0 = Dead
1 January 2020
To date there have been no value sets to support the use of the EQ-5D-Y in cost-utility analysis. Discrete choice experiments (DCEs) can be used to…
NICE and EuroQol Research Foundation to Support New EQ-5D-5L Valuation Study
24 October 2019
As indicated in its recent statement, NICE supports a new valuation study to generate a value set for the EQ-5D-5L. We welcome this announcement. In 2012,…
Chronic Diseases and the Stock of Health: Quantification Using EQ-5D-5L
15 October 2019
Chronic diseases affect individuals’ health status and its impact is reflected by the stock of health, which measures the amount of health of a population in…