Quality of life (QoL) in our field of expertise is expressed in ‘utilities’. When performing health economic assessments, the delta utility between 2 clinical settings is measured. Be vigilant, though: the way the QoL is assessed in your study needs to be analysed carefully. In our blog we address some potential difficulties you may encounter.
Each health economic analysis starts with clinical data. But if your sample does not provide mature data, how can you use this data as reliably as possible?
Before you introduce an innovation, you will collect data on a relatively limited scale, after which you will compare this to a similar dataset. But how can you make a good comparison and which information can you take into account?
Within healthcare, there is continuous innovation. New technologies are made available and (partly) replace existing resources or care. But how can you measure the financial value of innovation?
