Health Technology Assessment (HTA)

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is a multidisciplinary process that uses explicit methods to determine a health technology’s value for healthcare decision-making. Attitudes towards HTA vary globally, with some countries using a variety of methods and analyses and others hardly any.

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Valuing Health at the End of Life: A Review of Stated Preference Studies in the Social Sciences Literature

9 April 2018

Just published in Social Science & Medicine: a review of stated preferences examining the extent of support for an end of life premium.

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Incorporating Quantitative Patient Preference Data into Healthcare Decision Making Processes: Is HTA Falling Behind?

4 April 2018

A recently published editorial by OHE’s David Mott considers whether quantitative patient preference data has a role to play in HTA decision making.

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Value Frameworks: Value in Health Special Issue

29 March 2018

A recent issue of Value in Health contains the ISPOR Special Task Force Report on US Value Assessment Frameworks. In this blog post, we summarise the…

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Appraising Ultra-Orphan Drugs: Is Cost-per-QALY Appropriate?

22 March 2018

A new OHE report discusses NICE’s introduction of a cost-effectiveness threshold to appraise ultra-orphan drugs.

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OHE Lunchtime Seminar: Valuing Children’s Health for Economic Evaluation

15 February 2018

OHE Lunchtime Seminar with Oliver Rivero-Arias on Valuing Children’s Health for Economic Evaluation. 29 March 2018 12:00-2:00pm

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Issues Surrounding the Estimation of the Opportunity Cost of Adopting a New Health Care Technology: Areas for Further Research

1 August 2018

This OHE Research paper by Karla Hernandez-Villafuerte, (German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ), Bernarda Zamora (OHE) and Adrian Towse (OHE) sets out a research agenda proposing new…

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A Critique of the Paper “The Estimated Costs of Production and Potential Prices for the World Health Organization Essential Medicines List”

1 May 2018

This OHE Consulting Report reviews “Estimated costs of production and potential prices of medicines for the World Health Organization Essential Medicines List” (Hill et al., 2018)…

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OHE at HESG Winter 2018

4 January 2018

A summary of OHE’s activity at the 2018 winter HESG meeting, City, University of London, 10-12th January.

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Appraising Ultra-Orphan Drugs: Is Cost-Per-QALY Appropriate? A Review of the Evidence

1 March 2018

The report addresses the implications of NICE appraising treatments for very rare diseases using a cost-per-QALY gained decision rule of the type used by NICE in…