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.
A New Online Tool for Creating Personal and Social EQ-5D-5L Value Sets
4 May 2018
OHE’s Prof Nancy Devlin has been collaborating on a new approach to creating personal and social EQ-5D-5L value sets, based on a web application.
New Publications: Optimal Development and Use of Real-World Evidence for Coverage and Formulary Decisions
18 April 2018
Just published are two new reports that explore the use of real world evidence for coverage and formulary decisions. The publications represent 1) the background paper…
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.
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.
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…
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.
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
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…
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)…