HEDS is part of the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. We undertake research, teaching, training and consultancy on all aspects of health related decision science, with a particular emphasis on health economics, HTA and evidence synthesis.

Friday 25 November 2016

Global Health Cost Effectiveness Analysis (GHCEA) Registry

The Registry has just been launched and is the first comprehensive database to compile articles utilizing the “cost per DALY averted” metric to measure the efficacy of health interventions.  The methods used to populate the database look good, as does the website.  Whether a cost per DALY averted is useful for resource allocation decisions, is a different matter completely….