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.
Spotlight on OHE: Valuing Spillovers, End-of-Life Decisions and Hospital Outcomes
20 March 2012
OHE’s outside activities in early 2012 focused on spillovers, HTA decision making, and measuring health outcomes.
Allocating Resources Based on “Happiness” – OHE Lunchtime Seminar
16 March 2012
OHE’s invitational lunchtime seminar held March 14th featured the research of Prof Paul Dolan of the LSE on using measures of subjective wellbeing – “happiness” –…
New OHE Report: Time Trends in NICE HTA Decisions
25 January 2012
According to the 1999 UK Department of Health consultation document, the fundamental purpose of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) was to reduce…
NICE’s Social Value Judgments about Equity in Health and Health Care
17 January 2012
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) routinely publishes details of the evidence and reasoning underpinning its recommendations, including its social value judgments. To…
Time Trends in NICE HTA Decisions
1 January 2012
According to the 1999 UK Department of Health consultation document, the fundamental purpose of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) was to reduce…
Spotlight on OHE: Assessing Value and Balancing Needs in Health Care
15 December 2011
During the last quarter of 2011, OHE team members were involved in discussions and presentations in a range of forums, covering each of OHE’s three areas…
Antibacterials: Roundtable Addresses the Critical Issues
10 November 2011
Antibacterial drug resistance is a serious and growing worldwide problem that threatens our ability to cure traditionally treatable diseases and to successfully perform numerous surgical procedures…
New: Using Happiness to Value Health
9 November 2011
Paul Dolan is Professor of Behavioural Science in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science and also serves as…
Spotlight on OHE: Measuring Preferences, HTA Benchmarking, Value-Based Pricing, and Rationing
13 October 2011
This post reviews OHE’s activities in September 2011 that contributed to advancing thought and stimulating innovative ideas in its three key research areas: financing and delivery…