The Economic Evaluation Policy Research Unit (EEPRU) was commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to undertake a review of the EQ-5D-5L value set for England which was published earlier this year in Health Economics. The work on the value set was a collaboration between researchers at the University of Sheffield, the Office of Health Economics, and the University of Technology Sydney.
The EEPRU review of the value set has now been published and is critical of several aspects of the EQ-5D-5L work.
The EQ-5D-5L value set for England study team’s response to the criticisms made by EEPRU can be downloaded here, accompanied by a technical appendix.
Given the importance of the EQ-5D-5L’s value set for England, researchers are encouraged to read both sets of documents and make up their own minds.
NICE’s updated position statement on the use of the EQ-5D-5L value set and on mapping EQ-5D-5L data can be found here.
