iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Prof Nancy Devlin

EuroQol Research Foundation @euroqol.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

🌍 EQ-5D-5L value sets are now available for 40+ countries - a global effort to make health measurement comparable & meaningful across populations. @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social et al explore the developments and what's next for the EQ-5D in their paper. Read here 👉 bit.ly/4m9UGro

Graphic promoting publication "Measuring and valuing health using EuroQol instruments: new developments 2025". The graphic features a world map highlighting countries where EQ-5D-5L value sets are available, indicated in dark blue.

141

Reposted by Prof Nancy Devlin

EuroQol Research Foundation @euroqol.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

EQ-TIPS was developed to meet growing interest in evaluating the effectiveness & cost-effectiveness of treatments in very young children 👶 In this paper, @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social et al. examine issues in valuing the EQ-TIPS and possible adaptations to valuation methods 👉 bit.ly/4oxl4gF

Text: ‘Publication, Paper Tuesday - Valuing health states for infants and toddlers: challenges and methodological considerations in EQ-TIPS preferences elicitation. by Devlin, N. et al. (2025).' The background is a gradient blue with overlaid images of books and the world map.

052

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

New paper: "Measuring & Valuing Health Using EuroQol Instruments: New Developments 2025 and Beyond" ▶️open access: tinyurl.com/EuroQol2025u... @fengtastic.bsky.social @beaunebeaune.bsky.social @ellystolk.bsky.social #HealthEconomics #PROMS #HRQOL #EQ-5D #EQ-5D-Y #EQ-HWB-9 #EQ-TIPS #Bolt-ons

Highlight points from a new paper summarising established and new tools for measuring and valuing health related quality of life, developed by a not for profit organisation called the EuroQol Research Foundation.

060

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I'm looking forward to the 2025 #iHEA Congress, & the pre-congress @euroqol.bsky.social session. Authors: If you're presenting a paper at iHEA & thinking of submitting it to #ValueinHealth - drop me a message! I'll do my best to come to your session. Or just come up & say hi! #healtheconomics #VIH

041

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Will Trump's plan to use 'Reference Pricing' cut US drug prices? This #ValueinHealth paper by Grueger, Martin & Sullivan argues reference pricing is ill-advised & will lead to unintended consequences. open access 👉 tinyurl.com/reference-pr... #Trump #HealthEconomics

Image is copyright to Jane Doe/ Shutterstock. Shows a cartoon image of Donald Trump with a signed Executive Order

142

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

New impact factor for Value in Health. We're chuffed! #healtheconomics

1120

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Hey @altmetric.com, I was wondering if you've got any updates on this you could share? #AcadmicSky #EconSky

1162

Reposted by Prof Nancy Devlin

David Edmonds @davidedmonds100.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Two great philosophers retiring. Two conferences to honour them. Two great line ups. Both open to the public. Sign up. Jo Wolff www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/publi... & Jeff McMahan www.ccc.ox.ac.uk/alumni/event...

bsg.ox.ac.uk

The Public Philosopher

Join us for a day of philosophical discussion in honour of Professor Jo Wolff's career.

062

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Tomorrow at #ISPOR2025: in this 75-min 'spotlight' session we will give in-depth consideration of whether Cost Benefit Analysis could play a bigger role in HTA. If you are here in Montreal, I hope to see you there! #HealthEconomics

A powerpoint slide from Prof. Devlin linking the case for CBA to the need for cross-sectoral economic evaluation

040

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

An update on NICE methods regarding health inequalities in health technology evaluations is out now: tinyurl.com/NICEmethodsh... #HealthEconomics

nice.org.uk

Health inequalities - an update to NICE’s methods for health technology evaluation

030

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

@euroqol.bsky.social puts out these useful posts regularly, where they do a quick ‘round-up ’ of new papers published about EQ-5D and related instruments. I find therir posts very helpful. If you’re interested in HRQoL, utilities etc, it’s worth following them! #HealthEconomics #PROMs

031

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

#ISPORAnnual Virginia Acha notes that tough pricing regulation in the US will reduce incentives for investment in innovation - and this is a double whammy if coupled with reduced US funding of basic science. #referencepricing #HealthEconomics

060

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

At ISPOR 2025 Darius Lakdawalla: some form of price intervention is now inevitable in the US, hopefully based on value, and done in a ‘US specific way’. Time for the US to adopt its own HTA.

011

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

At today’s ISPOR conference: Sean Sullivan arguing US reference pricing is ‘lazy and misguided’ - but has bipartisan support.

000

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

[2/2] So, after the 10-year exclusivity period ends, what happens? Not much: despite expectations of price reductions, the authors observe that many orphan meds seem to lack competition. @amsterdamumc.bsky.social This 'Editor's Choice' paper is available open access: tinyurl.com/EUOrphanMeds

030

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

[1/2] "24 yrs After the Launch of the EU Orphan Regulation: Analyzing Dutch Price Dynamics, Biosimilars & Generics for Orphan Medicinal Products"by Sibren van den Berg & colleagues in the May issue of Value in Health @amsterdamumc.bsky.social 👉 tinyurl.com/EUOrphanMeds #HealthEconomics

abstract of a new paper just published in Value in Health, May 2025, Twenty-Four Years After the Launch of the EU Orphan Regulation: Analyzing Dutch Price Dynamics, Biosimilars, and Generics for Orphan Medicinal Products

120

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

"The Price Effects of Biosimilars In the US" by Mireia Jofre-Bonet et al. concludes the US biosimilars market has become highly competitive; driving price reductions between 2015-2023 with substantial savings for Medicare ➡️ tinyurl.com/PriceEffects... @ohenews.bsky.social #HealthEconomics

abstract of a new paper in Value in Health, May 2025, by Mireia Jofre-Bonet and colleagues about the effect of biosimilars on prices in the US

021

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Are women under-represented in publishing in #HealthEconomics? We did an analysis of submissions and acceptances to Value in Health. Results are quite encouraging - but still scope for improvement. open access paper here: tinyurl.com/WomenAuthors...

highlight points from a paper published in Value in Health, looking at how well women are represented in authorship of papers submitted and accepted by the journal.

082

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

What is 'Whole Health' and what does it mean for approaches to economic evaluation? The new issue of Value in Health has articles on this from US CDC, WHO & ISPOR, and this little editorial from me & fellow editors Daniel Mullins & Pieter van Baal: 👉 tinyurl.com/WhatDoesWhol... #HealthEconomics

screenshot of an editorial in the May 2025 issue of Value in Health. The paper discussed what the term 'Whole Health' means and discuses some of the implications for how we evaluate costs and benefits.

050

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

I love it when someone really interesting is interviewed on the news sitting in front of their bookcase. @maryrziegler.bsky.social's new book, 'Personhood: The New Civil War Over Reproduction' now added to my reading list. @cnn.com

Photo of author and researcher Mary Ziegler being interviewed on CNN about her new book, 'Personhood: the new civil war over reproduction'.

010

Reposted by Prof Nancy Devlin

Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Indiana state legislature just staged a hostile takeover of IU, functionally eliminating tenure, promising to close smaller (hum) majors, taking over the IU board, and cutting the IU budget. This is so bleak

631355688

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Since it’s the weekend- what are you all reading? Here are my favourite books from the last six months. ‘Atlas of AI’, ‘Character Limit’ & ‘Careless People’ all strongly recommended to understand the tech world. And some excellent fiction for temporary respite from it! #booksky @rcshuker.bsky.social

A picture taken by Nancy Devlin of the books she has most enjoyed reading in the last 6 months. Careless People; Nothing to see here; The Royal Free; Butter, All Fours; and Character Limit.

182

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Hey everyone! Well known British professor of health economics @paul-kind.bsky.social has joined @bsky.app. Paul always has interesting/thought provoking things to say- give him a follow! #healtheconomics

020

Reposted by Prof Nancy Devlin

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Joe's remarkable scholarship and dedication have shaped the field of health economics in broad, deep, and enduring ways. Congratulations. www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...

1151

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Having lived in the UK for several decades, I am still not adjusted to the topsy-turvy seasons back in NZ. It's Autumn and it's cold - but it's Easter holidays - so we hid the kids' easter eggs in the piles of fallen leaves & thinking about carving a pumpkin...with... a rabbit face?!

Picture of an Easter egg hidden in a pile of autumn leaves in New Zealand. Whereas Easter coincides with spring in the northern hemisphere, in the southern hemisphere it occurs in Autumn, when there are falling leaves and pumpkins and bonfires.

040

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

"Using Outcome Information During Consultation Yields Better Shared Decision Making, Better Patient Experiences, and More Positive Expectations" - paper on the use of PROs data in clinical settings, in April 2025 issue of Value in Health by Loos et al. ➡️ tinyurl.com/9fb6m4k7 #HealthEconomics #PROMs

Figure from a paper published in Value in Health. The Figure shows how patient reported outcomes data was used In clinical consultations, via a Dashboard.

000

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Also at ISPOR Montreal 2025: I'll be moderating this in-depth session on the use of CBA in #HealthEconomics Friday 16th May 10-11.15am

programme entry for the ISPOR May 2025 conference in Montreal, describing a session which will debate the use of cost benefit analysis in health technology assessment.

030

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

2/2 Links to the papers here: 👉 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35941004/ 👉 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35279370/ ❓Got any Questions you'd like us to ask the authors about these topics❓

000

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

1/2 Going to ISPOR Montreal 2025? May 15th 11.30am: Value in Health's editors-in-chief are having a 'fireside chat' with the lead authors of the 'Paper of the Year' in 2024 (Aurelie Meunier) & 2023 @peterneumann.bsky.social

screen shot of the programme for ISPOR Montreal, May 2025, showing the session details for Value in Health Editors in Child having a fireside chat with the lead authors of the Papers of the Year in 2024 and 2023.

120

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I worry that some topics addressed in health econ journals could draw fire just because (stupidly) they 'sound a bit like DEI' e.g. DCEA methods, health inequality aversion; analysis of policies to improve access. Editors of academic journals need to be ready to defend independence #HealthEconomics

110

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The first time I saw this, I thought it was a joke. But nope - Reading to Dogs is an actual thing that happens every Monday night at my lovely little local library here in Wānaka, New Zealand. #libraries #literacy#Libsky

An advertisement for the Reading to Dogs programme at Wanaka Library. I'm sure the dogs like it, but the main point is to help children improve their literacy in a non-judgemental environment. That's probably why it's not Reading to Cats. Cats judge.

020

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

What role does equity play in health technology assessment in Asia? New paper in Value in Health reviews current practice in 13 countries. Conclusion: Equity is considered in HTA, but use of quant methods (like DCEA) still relatively rare. tinyurl.com/HealthEquity... #HTA #HeathEconomics #equity

screen shot of the title page of an article in the April issue of Value in Health. The paper is called 'Role of health equity in HTA: a landscape analysis of 13 health systems in Asia'.

040

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

2/2 The study identifies challenges with using the cTTO to elicit values < 0. Authors Meixia Liao, Zhihao Yang, Kim Rand, Mila Karimi & Nan Luo suggest improvements are needed. #HRQoL #TTO #preferences #EQ-5D #HealthEconomics @euroqol.bsky.social

The abstract and highlight points for a paper published in Value in Health, called "How do individuals value worse than dead EQ-5D-5L health rates in composite TTO Tasks? A qualitative study".

010

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

1/2 In the April issue of Value in Health: this fascinating paper, using qualitative analysis to investigate 'How Individuals Value Worse-Than-Dead EQ-5D-5L Health States' using the composite TTO which is a standard part of @euroqol.bsky.social 'EQ-VT' valuation protocols. #HealthEconomics

screen shot of a task, called composite TTO, used to elicit values for health states that are considered either 'better than dead' or 'worse than being dead'

130

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Out now: the April 2025 issue of Value in Health features 8 papers on the economics of Alzheimers & related dementias; plus papers on a wide range of other topics in health economics & outcomes research. 👉 www.valueinhealthjournal.com/current #Alzheimers #HealthEconomics #ValueinHealth

screenshot of the cover of the peer reviewed journal called 'Value in Health'.

010

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Love it! Tagging @thruthal.bsky.social who is in the unique position of being able to play this on his guitar, sing the lyrics, and provide a sophisticated account of the theory!

010

Prof Nancy Devlin @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

This looks like a really interesting initiative that could yield useful advancements in methods, evidence & decision making. Well done @nihr.bsky.social @arc-west.bsky.social (& congrats @csrejon.bsky.social!) #HealthEconomics #ImplementationScience

121