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.
Can the US Afford to Ignore Cost-effectiveness Evidence?
1 March 2014
Cost-effectiveness analysis plays a limited role in US health care compared to many other countries. In this Seminar Briefing, Dr James Chambers, Center for the Evaluation…
Inconsistent Use of Cost-effectiveness Thresholds in NHS Scotland
12 December 2013
This study finds an apparent mismatch in the decision making approaches of the SMC and the NHS Boards. OHE today released a Research Paper on the…
Using MCDA to Assess the Value of Treatments for Rare Diseases
5 December 2013
A pilot study demonstrated the value of involving a range of stakeholders in MCDA for rare disease therapies. According to a study just published by the…
OHE Consulting Offers New Services in Patient-Reported Outcomes
4 December 2013
OHE Consulting is now offering our clients advice and analytical services on health outcomes and the use of patient-reported outcomes (PRO) data, building on the extensive…
Mike Herdman Appointed as OHE’s Head of Health Outcomes
25 November 2013
OHE’s extensive expertise in health outcomes will be further enhanced with the addition of Mike. OHE is delighted to announce the appointment of Mike Herdman as…
NICE Decisions: Cost-effectiveness is the Most Significant Predictor
21 November 2013
Using data for 1999-2011, this thorough analysis explores what has most influenced NICE’s decisions and whether this has changed. Established in 1999, the National Institute for…
Personalised Medicine: Economic Incentives for Evidence Generation
28 October 2013
Four types of economic incentives for drugs and diagnostics are essential to encouraging more rapid progress in personalised medicine. Adrian Towse, OHE’s Director, and Lou Garrison,…
Third Edition of OHE’s Guide to Health Economic Evaluation Released
12 September 2013
OHE today released the third edition of its popular primer, Health Economics: An Introduction to Economic Evaluation, authored by Gisela Kobelt, who has extensive hands-on experience…
ISPOR Task Force Report on Performance-Based Risk-Sharing Arrangements
28 August 2013
Best practices for performance-based risk-sharing arrangements in health care are described in detail in this new ISPOR report, developed by a task force co-chaired by Professor…