With the increased thresholds, NICE predicts an additional 3-5 TAs to be approved per year, but what will be the implications for discounts on list prices for TAs that would have been priced to the old threshold? Insights welcome!

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I second this! Bruce was the first person to talk to me about a career in Health Economics when I was still an undergrad at Lancaster. He had all the time in the world for my (probably silly) questions and was so encouraging

Thank you so much! It seems like a win-win to direct resources here. It would be interesting to do a follow-up study on CE of the expansion of electives, rather than only looking at existing services, as we didn't include things such as infrastructure investments that could be needed etc

The Cost Effectiveness of Elective Surgical Procedures with Longer NHS Waiting Lists: A Targeted Review - Applied Health Economics and Health Policy Objectives Our aim was to review the evidence for the cost effectiveness of elective surgeries with long waiting lists within the NHS in England. This is to inform understanding of national spending p...

Where should NICE be prioritising spending?

We found that elective surgeries can be very cost-effective (some ICERs between £5-10k) and investing into reducing waitlists for these would be a good use of resources

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It's a struggle, the mini Toblerones are keeping me going though

What a wonderful setting to be discussing health inequality aversion and methodological development for future

Also really excited to launch our new network for early career researcher in this area -> EDE-ECR: Exploring Distributional Equity in health!

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