Monday, 13th - Tuesday, 14th March 2017

https://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/shortcourseunit/health_utilities_2017

What does the course deliver?

This course examines in detail the requirements for utility data in health technology assessment for agencies such as NICE. The course covers both how to measure and use utility to meet the current requirements of NICE and recent research including EQ-5D-5L valuation and measuring wellbeing. It is delivered by a world leading team of experts in utility measurement from ScHARR at the University of Sheffield.

Course content

• How can utilities be obtained using methods such as time trade-off and discrete choice experiments?
  
• Does it matter which health utility instruments are used?
• What is the current NICE reference case?
• What are the latest developments including EQ-5D-5L and SF-6D version 2 valuation?
  
• What should be done when EQ-5D and other generics are not appropriate?
  
• How can mapping be used to estimate utility values from disease specific measures
• Social value QALY weights
• What is the role of systematic reviews and meta-analysis of utility values?
• How can wellbeing be measured and does it have a role in HTA?
• How should utility values be identified and incorporated into cost effectiveness models
• The development of condition specific measures (including the ReQol for mental health).
  

The course will consist of a mixture of presentations, group work, discussions and individual exercises.

Course team 

Professor John Brazier, Roberta Ara, Dr Tessa Peasgood, Dr Donna Rowen and Dr Mónica Hernández-Alva

Who will benefit from the course? 

The course is for academics, Government agencies, pharmacoeconomics and outcomes experts in industry, and consultancies with an interest in the use of health state utility data. The course is an updated version of a course run nine times over the last eight years that has been attended by delegates from all around the world.

Cost

£1100 - Standard Fee - for all confirmed bookings.

Bookings close at midnight Sunday, 26th February 2017.

We also offer a discount of 20% for group bookings of 4 people or more, please contact Karen Holden at [log in to unmask] for further details.

For further details:

https://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/shortcourseunit/health_utilities_2017

For Bookings and Payment:

http://onlineshop.shef.ac.uk/conferences-events/faculty-of-medicine-dentistry-and-health/school-of-health-and-related-research-scharr

For full details of all our ScHARR short courses, please visit our homepage:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/shortcourseunit