Economic evaluation in nice Early Value Assessments

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In June 2022, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) launched its Early Value Assessment (EVA) programme. The EVA programme aims to improve the care of people and effective use of NHS resources through quicker access to and further evidence generation on promising digital products, devices and diagnostic technologies in areas where the evidence base is still in its infancy.

EVA pilot projects conducted to date have taken different approaches to the economic analysis. This report aims to provide guidance to External Assessment Groups undertaking economic analyses for EVAs where evidence and time/resources for conducting analyses are extremely limited.

We conducted targeted literature searches to identify existing articles on early economic modelling in health technology assessment (HTA) and reviewed the characteristics of the published pilot EVAs and any accompanying coded models developed to inform these appraisals. Based on the review findings, we then developed a set of general recommendations which provide guidance intended to help EAGs decide on whether and how to develop early economic models to inform future EVAs.

DSU Report

Yee, M., Tappenden, P., and Wailoo, A. NICE DSU Report. Economic Evaluation in NICE Early Value Assessments, 2023.