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Resource Modelling: The Missing Piece of the HTA Jigsaw?
Within health technology assessment (HTA), cost-effectiveness analysis and budget impact analyses have been broadly accepted as important components of decision making. However, whilst they address efficiency...
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Sipuleucel-T for the Treatment of Metastatic Hormone-Relapsed Prostate Cancer: A NICE Single Technology Appraisal; An Evidence Review Group Perspective
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) invited Dendreon, the company manufacturing sipuleucel-T, to submit evidence for the clinical and cost effectiveness of sipuleucel-T for asymptomati...
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Open AccessUsing MCDA to generate and interpret evidence to inform local government investment in public health
Smoking is the single biggest cause of preventable death in the Uited Kingdom (UK) and is a major cause of coronary heart disease, some cancers, and respiratory disease, including chronic obstructive pulmonary...
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Open AccessThe RAPID-CTCA trial (Rapid Assessment of Potential Ischaemic Heart Disease with CTCA) — a multicentre parallel-group randomised trial to compare early computerised tomography coronary angiography versus standard care in patients presenting with suspected or confirmed acute coronary syndrome: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Emergency department attendances with chest pain requiring assessment for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are a major global health issue. Standard assessment includes history, examination, electrocardiogram (EC...
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Introduction
Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) has the potential to support better healthcare decision making. But a number of challenges need to be overcome before it can achieve its potential. These are both techni...
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MCDA for Resource Allocation at a Local Level: An Application in the UK
Resource allocation at a local level involves making difficult decisions about investment and, particularly in a time of economic stringency, about disinvestment. These complex decisions are influenced by a nu...
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Incorporating Preferences and Priorities into MCDA: Selecting an Appropriate Scoring and Weighting Technique
A key component of many multi-criteria decision analyses (MCDAs) is the elicitation of stakeholder preferences in the form or scores and weights. A challenge to the MCDA practitioner is that there is little gu...
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Olaparib for Maintenance Treatment of BRCA 1 or 2 Mutated, Relapsed, Platinum-Sensitive Ovarian, Fallopian Tube and Peritoneal Cancer in People Whose Relapsed Disease has Responded to Platinum-Based Chemotherapy: An Evidence Review Group Perspective of a NICE Single Technology Appraisal
As part of its Single Technology Appraisal process, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) invited the manufacturer of olaparib (AstraZeneca) to submit evidence on the clinical and cost e...
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Simulation Modelling in Healthcare: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Literature Reviews
Numerous studies examine simulation modelling in healthcare. These studies present a bewildering array of simulation techniques and applications, making it challenging to characterise the literature.
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Discrete Event Simulation-Based Resource Modelling in Health Technology Assessment
The objective of this article was to conduct a systematic review of published research on the use of discrete event simulation (DES) for resource modelling (RM) in health technology assessment (HTA). RM is bro...
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Pertuzumab for the Neoadjuvant Treatment of Early-Stage HER2-Positive Breast Cancer: An Evidence Review Group Perspective of a NICE Single Technology Appraisal
As part of its single technology appraisal process, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence invited the manufacturer of pertuzumab (Perjeta®; Roche Products Limited) to submit evidence of its clinic...
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Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds: the Past, the Present and the Future
Cost-effectiveness (CE) thresholds are being discussed more frequently and there have been many new developments in this area; however, there is a lack of understanding about what thresholds mean and their imp...
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Open AccessThe ACUTE (Ambulance CPAP: Use, Treatment effect and economics) feasibility study: a pilot randomised controlled trial of prehospital CPAP for acute respiratory failure
Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is a common and life-threatening medical emergency. Standard prehospital management involves controlled oxygen therapy and disease-specific ancillary treatments. Continuous posi...
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Open AccessStakeholder involvement in Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
This brief perspective highlights the importance of decision maker buy-in and ownership through stakeholder engagement in the co-construction of the multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) model. A brief histo...
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Open AccessIncorporating MCDA into HTA: challenges and potential solutions, with a focus on lower income settings
Multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) has the potential to bring more structure and transparency to health technology assessment (HTA). The objective of this paper is to highlight key methodological and pract...
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Ibrutinib for Treating Waldenström’s Macroglobulinaemia: An Evidence Review Group Perspective of a NICE Single Technology Appraisal
As part of its Single Technology Appraisal (STA) process, the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) invited the manufacturer of ibrutinib (Janssen) to submit evidence on the clinical and ...
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Transparency in Health Economic Modeling: Options, Issues and Potential Solutions
Economic models are increasingly being used by health economists to assess the value of health technologies and inform healthcare decision making. However, most published economic models represent a kind of bl...
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Multi-criteria Decision Analysis Software in Healthcare Priority Setting: A Systematic Review
The objectives of this systematic review were to identify studies using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) software tools to support health prioritisation processes and describe the technical capabilities...
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Open AccessCost effectiveness of nusinersen for patients with infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy in US
Patients with infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare, genetic neuromuscular disease, do not achieve key motor function milestones (e.g., sitting) and have short life expectancy in the absence of...