New OHE report on best practices for real-world evidence in reimbursement decision-making

Office of Health Economics issues new guidance on current best practices for the generation and use of real-world evidence in reimbursement decision-making. The Office of Health Economics (OHE) has recently published a new OHE Contract Research Report on the use of real-world evidence (RWE) to assess clinical and comparative effectiveness for reimbursement decision-making by health technology assessment (HTA) bodies. The report ‘Real-world evidence: current best practice for reimbursement decision-making’ reviews current guidance and practices from principle HTA bodies and published literature, details barriers and challenges contributing to underutilisation of RWE to date and advises on the foci for improvement. The...