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.
How Important are the Differences Between the EQ-5D-5L and EQ-5D-3L Value Sets?
24 March 2017
There are three EQ-5D value sets available for use in cost effectiveness analysis in the UK and/or England: – the UK EQ-5D-3L value set (often called…
EQ-5D and the EuroQol Group: Past, Present and Future
17 March 2017
OHE’s Professor Nancy Devlin and co-author Richard Brooks have published a new paper that provides an overview of the development of the EQ-5D; the current state…
New Member of the EuroQol Group: OHE’s Dr Yan Feng
6 March 2017
OHE’s Yan Feng becomes a member of the EuroQol Research Foundation.
How Should We Choose the Measure of ‘Average’ Preferences?
8 February 2017
New OHE Research Paper: What is the normative basis for selecting the measure of ‘average’ preferences for use in social choices?
Comparing the Cancer-Specific EORTC-8D and the Generic EQ-5D-3L
4 January 2017
This early view paper published in Quality of Life Research compares a condition-specific preference based measure to a generic measure in a population of cancer patients.
Age and Utilities: Issues for HTA
1 April 2017
Several studies have found differences in health state values by age. We investigate whether and how age affects respondents’ Time Trade-Off (TTO) and Visual Analogue Scale…
Comparing the UK EQ-5D-3L and the English EQ-5D-5L Value Sets
1 March 2017
Three EQ-5D value sets (the EQ-5D-3L, crosswalk and EQ-5D-5L) are now available for cost utility analysis in the UK and/or England. The value sets’ characteristics differ,…
OHE at HESG Winter 2017: Meet the Team
22 December 2016
The HESG Winter 2017 Conference is to be held in Birmingham from 4th to 6th January 2017. Several members of the OHE team will be attending…
New Publication: Important Aspects of Health Not Captured by EQ-5D
15 December 2016
A new OHE Research Paper examines the views of the UK general public about aspects of health considered to be missing from the five EQ-5D dimensions.