The UK government is reportedly preparing to raise NICE’s cost-effectiveness threshold by 25%, as a bargaining chip to avoid US pharmaceutical tariffs. It’s time for health economists to reclaim this space and defend evidence-based decision-making.
Chris reviews the latest issue of AHEHP, with papers on digital health, screening, cost-effectiveness thresholds, and decision modelling.
Our authors provide regular round-ups of the latest peer-reviewed journals. We cover all issues of major health economics journals as well as other notable releases. Visit our journal round-up log to see past editions organised by publication title. If you’d… Read More »Journal round-up: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 20(3)
The pros and cons of setting the value of a cost-effectiveness threshold according to the marginal productivity of the healthcare service and the importance of deliberative decision-making.
Our authors provide regular round-ups of the latest peer-reviewed journals. We cover all issues of major health economics journals as well as other notable releases. Visit our journal round-up log to see past editions organised by publication title. If you’d… Read More »Journal round-up: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 19(2)
In our first post, we explained opportunity cost, marginal productivity (of a healthcare system), net benefit, and cost-effectiveness threshold. In this post, we put forward our views on how to use cost-effectiveness thresholds and the existing estimates of marginal productivity… Read More »Opportunity costs, marginal productivity, and cost-effectiveness thresholds: providing useful analysis and communicating results
In this post, we explain key concepts of cost-effectiveness analysis in healthcare and how they are linked: opportunity cost, marginal productivity (of a healthcare system), net benefit, and cost-effectiveness threshold. In another post, to be published tomorrow, we will propose… Read More »Opportunity costs, marginal productivity, and cost-effectiveness thresholds: what are they and how are they related?
Every Monday our authors provide a round-up of some of the most recently published peer reviewed articles from the field. We don’t cover everything, or even what’s most important – just a few papers that have interested the author. Visit… Read More »Rita Faria’s journal round-up for 20th January 2020
For many health economists, November is ISPOR Europe month, and this year was no exception! We gathered in the fantastic Bella Center in Copenhagen to debate, listen and breathe health economics and outcomes research from the 2nd to the 6th… Read More »Meeting round-up: ISPOR Europe 2019
Every Monday our authors provide a round-up of some of the most recently published peer reviewed articles from the field. We don’t cover everything, or even what’s most important – just a few papers that have interested the author. Visit… Read More »Rita Faria’s journal round-up for 4th November 2019
