Nice Dsu Technical Support Document 19: Partitioned Survival Analysis for Decision Modelling in Health Care: a Critical Review

Nice Dsu Technical Support Document 12: the Use of Health State Utility Values in Decision Models Report

Nice Dsu Technical Support Document 11: Alternatives to Eq-5d for Generating Health State Utility Values Report by the Decision Support Unit

The NICE Guide to the Methods of Technology Appraisal i is a regularly updated document that provides an overview of the key principles and methods of health technology assessment and appraisal for use in NICE appraisals. The Methods Guide does not provide detailed advice on how to implement and apply the methods it describes. This DSU series of Technical Support Documents (TSDs) is intended to...

Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis for Health Technology Assessment Report by the Decision Support Unit

Acknowledgements The author is grateful for financial support from the NICE Decision Support Unit (DSU). NICE had no responsibility or control over the content of this paper. This paper aims to look at the applicability of multi criteria decision analysis (MCDA) for health technology assessment. MCDA is aimed at supporting decision makers faced with evaluating alternatives, taking into account ...

Around the Tables – Contextual Factors in Healthcare Coverage Decisions Across Western Europe

Background Across Western Europe, procedures and formalised criteria for taking decisions on the coverage (inclusion in the benefits basket or equivalent) of healthcare technologies vary substantially. In the decision documents, which display the justification of, the rationale for, these decisions, national healthcare institutes ma...

Clinical decision support system, a potential solution for diagnostic accuracy improvement in oral squamous cell carcinoma: A systematic review

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a rapidly progressive disease and despite the progress in the treatment of cancer, remains a life-threatening illness with a poor prognosis. Diagnostic techniques of the oral cavity are not painful, non-invasive, simple and inexpensive methods. Clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) are the most important diagnostic technologies used...