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.

Monday 21 January 2019

Latest publications from HEDS for December 2018

Our regular monthly trawl for new publications from HEDS in collaboration with colleagues in ScHARR and further afield has reaped a tremendous amount of fresh research. Many of these are currently in press, so you can find much of our work in its open access form via our institutional repository. Tuck in here.

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       Angus, C., Holmes, J., 2018. The allure, and challenges, of complexity in epidemiological modelling of alcohol harm: Commentary on Rehm. Drug Alcohol Review. doi:10.1111/dar.12890

      Archer, R., Hock, E., Hamilton, J., Stevens, J., Essat, M., Poku, E., Clowes, M., Pandor, A., Stevenson, M., 2018. Assessing prognosis and prediction of treatment response in early rheumatoid arthritis: systematic reviews. Health Technology Assessment. (Rockv). 22, 1–294. doi:10.3310/hta22660

      Bell Gorrod, H., Latimer, N.R., Damian, D., Hettle, R., Harty, G.T., Wong, S.L., n.d. Impact of Non-Randomised Dropout on Treatment Switching Adjustment in the Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis CLARITY Trial and the CLARITY Extension Study. Value in Health.

Bond, V., Ngwenya, F., Murray, E., Ngwenya, N., Viljoen, L., Gumede, D., Bwalya, C., Mantantana, J., Hoddinott, G., Dodd, P.J., Ayles, H., Simwinga, M., Wallman, S., Seeley, J., 2018. Value and Limitations of Broad Brush Surveys Used in Community-Randomized Trials in Southern Africa. Qualitative Health Research 1049732318809940. doi:10.1177/1049732318809940

Booth, A., 2019. Harnessing Energies, Resolving Tensions: Acknowledging a Dual Heritage for Qualitative Evidence Synthesis. Qualitative Health Research. 29, 18–31. doi:10.1177/1049732318808247

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 ISPOR - Value in Health
Brazier, J.E., Rowen, D.L., Lloyd, A., Karimi, M., n.d. Future directions in valuing benefits for estimating QALYs: is time up for the EQ-5D? Value in Health.

Bullement, A., Latimer, N.R., Bell Gorrod, H., 2018. Survival Extrapolation in Cancer Immunotherapy: A Validation-Based Case Study. Value in Health. doi:10.1016/j.jval.2018.10.007

Campbell, F., Weeks, L., Booth, A., Smith, A., Kneulis, D., n.d. Rapid Qualitative Reviews - What, Why, How and Where next?, in: 25th Cochrane Colloquium Conference Abstracts.

Chambers, D., Booth, A., Rodgers, M., Preston, L., Dalton, J., Goyder, E., Thomas, S., Parker, G., Street, A., Eastwood, A., n.d. Evidence to support delivery of effective health services: a responsive programme of rapid evidence synthesis. Evidence and Policy.

Chambers, D., Cantrell, A., Johnson, M., Preston, L., Baxter, S., Booth, A., Turner, J., n.d. Digital and online symptom checkers and health assessment/triage services for urgent care: a systematic review. Health Service Delivery Research.

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Quality of Life Research
       Chuang, L.-H., Cohen, A.T., Agnelli, G., Gumbs, P.D., Bauersachs, R., Kroep, S., Gitt, A.K., Monreal, M., Willich, S.N., van Hout, B., 2019. Comparison of quality of life measurements: EQ-5D-5L versus disease/treatment-specific measures in pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis. Quality of Life Research. doi:10.1007/s11136-018-2081-3

       Franklin, M., Thorn, J., 2019. Self-reported and routinely collected electronic healthcare resource-use data for trial-based economic evaluations: the current state of play in England and considerations for the future. BMC Medical Research Methodology 19, 8. doi:10.1186/s12874-018-0649-9

Gibbs, N., Powell, P.A., Tsuchiya, A., 2019. Equal access for equal need: Eliciting public preferences for access to health treatment by employment status. Social Science Medicine. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.01.003

Horner, D., Pandor, A., Goodacre, S., Clowes, M., Hunt, B.J., 2018. Individual risk factors predictive of venous thromboembolism in patients with temporary lower limb immobilisation due to injury: a systematic review. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. doi:10.1111/jth.14367

Keetharuth, D., Bjorner, J.B., Barkham, M., Browne, J., Croudace, T., Brazier, J., 2018. Exploring the item sets of the Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) measures using factor analysis. Quality of Life Research. doi:10.1007/s11136-018-2091-1

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BMC Public Health
Kristensen, F.B., Husereau, D., Huić, M., Drummond, M., Berger, M.L., Bond, K., Augustovski, F., Booth, A., Bridges, J.F.P., Grimshaw, J., IJzerman, M.J., Jonsson, E., Ollendorf, D.A., Rüther, A., Siebert, U., Sharma, J., Wailoo, A., 2018. Identifying the Need for Good Practices in Health Technology Assessment: Summary of the ISPOR HTA Council Working Group Report on Good Practices in HTA. Value in Health. doi:10.1016/j.jval.2018.08.010

Norström, T., Angus, C., Ramstedt, M., Andréasson, S., Chikritzhs, T., Gripenberg, J., Holder, H., Holmes, J., Mäkelä, P., 2018. Estimating the public health impact of disbanding a government alcohol monopoly: Application of new methods to the case of Sweden. BMC Public Health 18. doi:10.1186/s12889-018-6312-x

Nyakang’o, S.B., Booth, A., 2018. Women’s perceived barriers to giving birth in health facilities in rural Kenya: A qualitative evidence synthesis. Midwifery 67, 1–11. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2018.08.009

Ren, S., Squires, H., Hock, E., Kaltenthaler, E., Rawdin, A., Alifrangis, C., 2018. Pembrolizumab for Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer Where Cisplatin is Unsuitable: An Evidence Review Group Perspective of a NICE Single Technology Appraisal. Pharmacoeconomics. doi:10.1007/s40273-018-0750-2

Stolk, E., Ludwig, K., Rand, K., van Hout, B., Ramos-Goñi, J.M., 2019. Overview, Update, and Lessons Learned From the International EQ-5D-5L Valuation Work: Version 2 of the EQ-5D-5L Valuation Protocol. Value in Health. doi:10.1016/j.jval.2018.05.010

Uttley, L., Carlton, J., Woods, H.B., Brazier, J., 2018. A review of quality of life themes in Duchenne muscular dystrophy for patients and carers. Health Quality Life Outcomes 16. doi:10.1186/s12955-018-1062-0

Webster, L., Angus, C., Brennan, A., Gillespie, D., n.d. Smoking and the risks of adult diseases. Report – Figshare. doi:10.15131/shef.data.7411451