EQ-5D and PROMs
Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are used to evaluate health interventions, providing a measure of an individual’s health status. The EQ-5D is a PROM recommended by NICE for measuring health benefits. It considers 5 dimensions of health and can be used across various diseases.
How to Analyse EQ-5D Data? Methods for Analysing and Reporting EQ-5D Data: The Indispensable New Guide
8 December 2020
“Methods for Analysing and Reporting EQ-5D Data” is the first published guide on how to analyse data produced by the EQ-5D. The official launch of this…
Do child QALYs = adult QALYs? Five reasons why they might not
4 February 2020
Why might differences arise between child and adult QALYs? In the UK, NICE’s science policy and research team is reviewing NICE’s recommendations on child utilities and…
Anchoring Latent Scale Values for the EQ-5D-Y at 0 = Dead
20 January 2020
This OHE Research Paper describes a study in which four stated preference methods for anchoring EQ-5D-Y values were compared: visual analogue scale, discrete choice experiment (with…
Anchoring Latent Scale Values for the EQ-5D-Y at 0 = Dead
1 January 2020
To date there have been no value sets to support the use of the EQ-5D-Y in cost-utility analysis. Discrete choice experiments (DCEs) can be used to…
NICE and EuroQol Research Foundation to Support New EQ-5D-5L Valuation Study
24 October 2019
As indicated in its recent statement, NICE supports a new valuation study to generate a value set for the EQ-5D-5L. We welcome this announcement. As indicated…
Chronic Diseases and the Stock of Health: Quantification Using EQ-5D-5L
15 October 2019
Chronic diseases affect individuals’ health status and its impact is reflected by the stock of health, which measures the amount of health of a population in…
OHE Lunchtime Seminar: How Do We Measure the ‘Value’ in Value-based Care?
19 August 2019
OHE Lunchtime Seminar with Steve McKenna, 17th September 2019. The seminar will examine conceptual and practical aspects of measuring value in health care.
OHE Lunchtime Seminar: Health Years in Total (HYT): A New Health Objective Function for Cost-effectiveness Analysis
20 June 2019
OHE Lunchtime Seminar with Anirban Basu, 24th July 2019. The seminar will examine conceptual and theoretic arguments for use of HYT and illustrate their performance.
OHE is Leading Research to Develop EQ-5D ‘Bolt-ons’ for Cognition and Vision
24 May 2019
In collaboration with University of Technology Sydney, we’re leading a study funded by the EuroQol Research Foundation to develop ‘bolt-on’ descriptors for the EQ-5D. The goal…