Changing policy contexts and comparability in decision making
Health economists tend to see great value in having a single consistent measure of outcome, to set alongside cost information, in decision making.
Much effort among health economists has focused on generating such measures, with the EQ-5D generated by the EuroQol group perhaps the epitome of this approach.
This measure not only has more than 200 translations, but has versions that retain the same items but are intended for completion by children and young people.
A recent shift of emphasis has seen the EuroQol group generating a new ‘EQ Health and Wellbeing Measure’, the EQ-HWB. It is unclear how the EQ-HWB measure will proceed beyond the confines of its generation (in adults, and across six countries), but it might be expected to have a similar trajectory of use to that of EQ-5D.
This seminar will question the limits of universality, particularly in the contexts of co-production and decolonization agendas, as well as increased understanding of the life course. It will draw on work around both capabilities and decision making, in exploring the value of measures that more accurately capture what may be important to different groups in decision making.
Speaker Profile
Professor Jo Coast, University of Bristol
Prof Coast has been an academic health economist for over 30 years. She is Professor in the Economics of Health & Care at the University of Bristol, where she also co-directs the MSc in Health Economics & Health Policy Analysis. She is Senior Editor, Health Economics for Social Science & Medicine, and a non-executive director of the One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System. Jo’s key research focus is on issues of resource allocation in health service provision. Her interests lie in the theories underlying economic evaluation; the measurement of capability outcomes for health, wellbeing, and care interventions across the life course; priority setting; end-of-life care and the economics of antimicrobial resistance. She also has a methodological interest in the use of qualitative methods in health economics. She has published extensively across these research areas and has received major grants from the Medical Research Council, the European Research Council and Wellcome.
Weekly seminar series
As part of our centre's vibrant research culture, we host a weekly seminar series. Visiting and invited researchers present current research relating to the economics of health and wellbeing, and the healthcare sector. Visitors are welcome to join these sessions where discussion and debate is encouraged.
For further information on our seminar series, please contact shannon.stanwell@monash.edu
Event Details
- Date:
- 19 September 2023 at 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
- Venue:
- In-person at Caulfield campus, Building H, Level 9, Room H9.21
- Categories:
- CHE Seminar; Health Economics
Description
Health economists tend to see great value in having a single consistent measure of outcome, to set alongside cost information, in decision making.
Much effort among health economists has focused on generating such measures, with the EQ-5D generated by the EuroQol group perhaps the epitome of this approach.
This measure not only has more than 200 translations, but has versions that retain the same items but are intended for completion by children and young people.
A recent shift of emphasis has seen the EuroQol group generating a new ‘EQ Health and Wellbeing Measure’, the EQ-HWB. It is unclear how the EQ-HWB measure will proceed beyond the confines of its generation (in adults, and across six countries), but it might be expected to have a similar trajectory of use to that of EQ-5D.
This seminar will question the limits of universality, particularly in the contexts of co-production and decolonization agendas, as well as increased understanding of the life course. It will draw on work around both capabilities and decision making, in exploring the value of measures that more accurately capture what may be important to different groups in decision making.
Speaker Profile
Professor Jo Coast, University of Bristol
Prof Coast has been an academic health economist for over 30 years. She is Professor in the Economics of Health & Care at the University of Bristol, where she also co-directs the MSc in Health Economics & Health Policy Analysis. She is Senior Editor, Health Economics for Social Science & Medicine, and a non-executive director of the One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System. Jo’s key research focus is on issues of resource allocation in health service provision. Her interests lie in the theories underlying economic evaluation; the measurement of capability outcomes for health, wellbeing, and care interventions across the life course; priority setting; end-of-life care and the economics of antimicrobial resistance. She also has a methodological interest in the use of qualitative methods in health economics. She has published extensively across these research areas and has received major grants from the Medical Research Council, the European Research Council and Wellcome.
Weekly seminar series
As part of our centre's vibrant research culture, we host a weekly seminar series. Visiting and invited researchers present current research relating to the economics of health and wellbeing, and the healthcare sector. Visitors are welcome to join these sessions where discussion and debate is encouraged.
For further information on our seminar series, please contact shannon.stanwell@monash.edu