Healthcare and Economic Decision Making
Healthcare and Economic Decision Making
Measuring and Valuing Health: Learn how Patient Reported Outcome Measures and Quality Adjusted Life Years can compare treatments and inform healthcare spending.
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/valuing-health
Health Technology Assessment: Find out how new drugs and treatments are assessed before being introduced.
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/hta
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When undertaking a Health Technology Assessment at ScHARR, there will often be a need for at least one clinical trial to provide evidence of the effectiveness of a new… -
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In this video Allan Wailoo, Professor of Health Economics and Director of NICE Decision Support Unit and Mark Strong, Director of the Public Health Section at ScHARR,… -
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Economic evaluation is fundamental to both HTA and to decision making in healthcare. In this video, Professor Simon Dixon explains what economic evaluation is (and what… -
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In this video, expert reviewers based at ScHARR take us through the review process and what it contributes to HTA. We’ll hear from: - Chris Carroll, Reader in… -
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As a part of the economic evaluation, mathematical modelling can be used to give a broader picture of the longer-term benefits of a treatment. In this video, Professor… -
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In this video Dr Emma Hock, Research Associate in Systematic Reviewing and Evidence Synthesis at ScHARR, takes us through how the evidence is brought together in a… -
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Find out how new drugs and treatments are assessed before being introduced in this free online course from the University of Sheffield… -
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In England and Wales, The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) make recommendations to the government about which drugs and treatments to fund. … -
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This playlist is all about HTA - but what exactly does this mean? In this animated video, Claire introduces us to the core activities and aims of HTA. -
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In this video, Professor Simon Dixon, Director of Health Economics and Decision Science at the University of Sheffield, introduces the eight key stages of a health… -
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In this video, Professor Julie Ratcliffe from Flinders University, Australia, and Dr Tessa Peasgood from the University of Sheffield debate who should value child health… -
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There are several different techniques available for valuing health states. In this video, Katherine introduces you to one of these techniques; the time trade off (TTO)… -
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In this video, Katherine explains how QALY information is used in healthcare decision-making and we hear from Professor Simon Dixon, Director of Health Economics and… -
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In this video, Katherine considers some of the key issues around measuring and valuing health outcomes in children, and introduces us to the Child Health Utility 9D… -
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In this video, we hear from Professor John Brazier who has developed a preference based classification for describing health using the SF-36; one of the most widely used…