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Large scale population based surveys linked to administrative health databases as a source of data on health utilities in Australia
8 September 2022 - It is ideal that modelling studies apply health utility values that are compatible, derived using common methods, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Sep 2022
Is IQWiG's 15% threshold universally applicable in assessing the clinical relevance of patient reported outcomes changes? An ISPOR Special Interest Group report.
8 September 2022 - To assess the clinical relevance of patient reported outcomes, a response threshold of ≥ 15% of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Mar 2022
Criticism of study planning: patient-reported endpoints are often collected far too briefly
3 March 2022 - A striking example: abemaciclib in advanced breast cancer. Shortened data on quality of life, symptoms and side ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Dec 2021
Patient reported endpoints underrepresented in product information on new drugs
15 December 2021 - An IQWiG team analysed the extent to which patient reported outcomes, which were recorded as endpoints ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Sep 2019
Health‐related quality of life in oncology drug reimbursement submissions in Canada: a review of submissions to the pan‐Canadian Oncology Drug Review
23 September 2019 - In Canada, CADTH evaluates and makes recommendations for the reimbursement of cancer drugs. One component of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jul 2019
In praise of studies that use more than one generic preference-based measure
12 July 2019 - Generic preference-based measures of health-related quality of life are widely used as outcome measures in cost-effectiveness and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2019
The EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire for cancer patients (QLQ‐C30): Australian general population reference values
17 June 2019 - Mercieca‐Bebber and colleagues set out generate Australian general population reference values for the EORTC Quality of ...