Background: the importance of evidence-based care pathways in stroke have been highlighted by recently published national guidelines. However, little research has focused on identifying which components of the care pathway are cost-effective. Objectives: To search the published literature to...

Valuation studies have favoured standard gamble (SG) and time trade off techniques (TTO) over visual analogue scales (VAS). The lack of observable trade off properties of VAS precludes preferences being measured on a cardinal scale. The inferences, and indeed the premise, of many perceived VAS...

With the economic downturn inflicting austerity on the British National Health Service, the issue of efficiency is of paramount importance for health care policy makers who are called upon to identify where efficiency savings can be made without hindering the quality of care. Research exploring...

Within Europe, and similarly the rest of the developed world, the increase in life expectancy over the last few decades and associated incremental health problems is raising the importance of informal care. A decrease in births, greater geographical distances between family members and the...

Purpose: To describe the economic burden of cancer survivorship for disease-free breast, colorectal and prostate cancer patients in the UK, one year post-diagnosis. Methods: Patient-level data were collected over a three months period 12-15 months post diagnosis to estimate the monthly societal...

Aim: To assess the cost-effectiveness of peer-based sexual behaviour education interventions in prison settings to prevent primary and secondary HIV infections. Methods: Based on the results of a systematic review of peer-based interventions in prison settings, we developed a Bernoulli model to...

Aim: Pressure Ulcers are an important health care problem, recognized as ‘Never Events’ by the US Government. To date, there is no instrument to capture their health utility impact, or the value of treatments and prevention strategies. The Pressure Ulcer Quality of Life Utility Instrument...

Objective: To explore the advantages and disadvantages of different retraction devices used for laparoscopic surgery. The main focus was on its impact on operation time, length of stay, use of staff, complications or negative outcomes (such as pain, liver functioning or damage, blood loss),...

Background - There are now a variety of preference based health related quality of life measures available. These instruments describe health in different terms and also use different methods for measuring individual preferences for health. Whilst these instruments have been shown to have...