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.

How Can Health Technology Assessments in the Asia-Pacific Area Respond to Increased Clinical Uncertainty as a Consequence of Expedited US and EU Regulatory Processes?
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How Can Health Technology Assessments in the Asia-Pacific Area Respond to Increased Clinical Uncertainty as a Consequence of Expedited US and EU Regulatory Processes?

8 January 2016

This report provides a detailed summary of a panel session which took place at the HTAi 2016 annual meeting, Tokyo. The panel session was entitled “How…

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“New Age” Decision Making in HTA: Is It Applicable in Asia?

1 August 2016

This report provides a detailed summary of a panel session which took place at the HTAi 2016 annual meeting in Tokyo. The panel session was entitled…

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A Review of NICE Methods Across Health Technology Assessment Programmes: Differences, Justifications and Implications

1 May 2016

NICE’s decisions exert an influence on the allocation of fixed NHS budgets, but decisions for different types of health interventions (for example drugs and devices) are…

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OHE at the Health Economists’ Study Group (HESG) Meeting, Manchester 2016

4 January 2016

A summary of OHE’s activity at the 2016 winter HESG meeting, Manchester, 6-8th January.

Shaping the Research Agenda to Estimate Cost-effectiveness Thresholds for Decision Making
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Shaping the Research Agenda to Estimate Cost-effectiveness Thresholds for Decision Making

4 January 2016

This report details the views of a selection of experts in the fields of health and welfare economics on the cost-effectiveness threshold used by the National…

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Cost-per-QALY in the US and Britain

28 December 2015

Professor Weinstein compares the use of cost-per-QALY approaches in the UK and the US. Britain has got it closer to right, but may go a little…

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OHE at ISOQOL 2015: Valuing Health-Related Quality of Life

8 December 2015

This post summarises OHE’s activities at the ISOQOL 22nd Annual Conference in Vancouver, October 2015.

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OHE Lunchtime Seminar on 14 December 2015: From the Antipodes to the Motherland: Reflections on HTA Decision Makers as Budget Takers and Budget Makers

13 November 2015

OHE’s Deputy Director Paula Lorgelly will present an OHE Seminar on 14th December 2015 on the topic of HTA decision makers as budget takers and budget…

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Valuing Health at the End of Life: A Review of the Empirical Literature

3 November 2015

Do members of the general public wish to place greater weight on a unit of health gain for end of life patients than on that for…