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 Decision Science at the University of Sheffield and a Member of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Technology Appraisal Committee, as he explains why QALYs are useful to him.
Recently, there has been an increase around the world in the use of economic evaluation to inform healthcare decision-making. In England, The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence or NICE make recommendations to the government about which drugs and treatments to fund. Their recommendations are based on QALY information.
Professor Simon Dixon sits on one of the NICE appraisal panels and in this video, he offers his view on why QALYs are useful.
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