HEDS is part of the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. We undertake research, teaching, training and consultancy on all aspects of health related decision science, with a particular emphasis on health economics, HTA and evidence synthesis.

Friday 18 November 2011

ISPOR award and posters

At ISPOR’s 14th Annual European Congress in Madrid (5-8 November, 2010).  Ben van Hout’s presentation  “Combining DCE and TTO into a single value function” was selected as Best Research Podium Presentation.

Other news from the conference is that all the posters presented by HEDS staff are now available online.  They are:

Using Whole Disease Modelling to inform economic recommendations for the detection, diagnosis, treatment and followup of colorectal cancer

Towards cost-effectiveness analysis of the health and wellbeing benefits of urban green space: a mapping review

The role of biochemical markers in the identification of intracranial pathology following minor head injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Estimating SF-6D health state utility values for comorbid health conditions

Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of the addition of rituximab to chemotherapy in the first-line treatment of Follicular Lymphoma patients in the UK

A review of methods used to estimate mean preference-based utilities for comorbidities using published summary statistics

Modelling the cost-effectiveness of orlistat as a treatment for obesity in primary care

Diagnostic accuracy of clinical characteristics following minor head injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A review and meta-analysis of health state utility values in breast cancer

The impact of conditions labels on health state values

Are general population data suitable for approximating baseline utility values in economic models?

Clinical decision rules for adults with minor head injury: a systematic review