Week no: Outcomes for HTA Leaning themes Lecturer Exercise? 1 Why measure outcomes?  Introduction to the reasons Emma McIntosh None 19th Sept Types of Outcomes for differing economic evaluation for measuring and valuing (HEHTA) frameworks outcomes  Understand which types of health outcome fit with the main types of economic evaluation  Effectiveness measures  Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs)  Monetary measures of outcome (Willingness to pay) 2 Preference based outcomes for economic evaluation Exploring the theory and methods Emma McIntosh Exercise 26th Sept and HTA behind preference-based outcomes (HEHTA) Health state valuation exercise for use in economic evaluation. Particular emphasis on methods for valuing health outcomes: - TTO - SG - DCE methods - Willingness to pay

Using QALYs in economic evaluation 3 Recent developments in preference based outcomes  CHU_9D Julie Ratcliffe (Aus) None 3rd Oct for children and older people  ICECAP_O  Methodological insights and ongoing work in these areas 4 Case study: Measuring outcomes in Parkinson’s Case study of measuring Yiqiao Xin (HEHTA) Exercise 10th Oct outcomes in Parkinson’s:  H&Y (YX – to provide a health state  PD_39 description of moderate to  UPDRS severe Parkinson’s and ask  Non-motor students to imagine they are in Symptoms (NMS) that health state and complete a  ICECAP H&Y, EQ5D and ICECAP_O. Students then to make Methodological insight: Construct comments on the differing validity example instruments ~ 300 words.) 5 Health Outcomes in a global health context: Disability  DALYs – what are they? Eleanor Grieve Exercise or short 17th Oct Adjusted Life Years (DALYs)  The use of DALYs within commentary/opinion on DALYs Global HTA agencies Outcomes for HTA Module Outline