One Health addresses health challenges arising from the intertwined spheres of humans,
animals and ecosystems. This handbook is the product of an interdisciplinary effort to …

The purpose of this article is to explore whether any differences exist between the general
population and patient based preferences towards EQ-5D-5L defined hypothetical health …

As outlined in Chapter 2 and Chapter 6, the measure of health outcomes used in cost-
effectiveness analysis (CEA) is typically the number of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) …

Introduction Medicine faces significant cost pressure in most developed countries. Health
economists recommend QALYs as a key instrument for allocating scarce health care …

Despite the increasing number of research publications on patient preferences, their use in
healthcare policy-making is limited. Integrating research evidence on patient preferences in …

Objectives There is growing interest in condition-specific preference measures, including the
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Utility Measure …

Background and purpose Health utilities are a preference‐based method of valuing health
states that are used in healthcare research, such as economic evaluations. There are limited …

Objectives Value-based pricing (VBP) determines product prices based on their perceived
benefits. In healthcare, VBP prices medical technologies considering health outcomes and …

Genomic Medicine aims to improve therapeutic interventions and diagnostics, the quality of
life of patients, but also to rationalize healthcare costs. To reach this goal, careful …

Background Who should provide the values of health states in economic evaluations of
health technologies has long been the subject of debate. This study examined and …