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Health Economics and Trials

The last two decades have seen increasing use of the clinical trial as a vehicle for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of health care interventions.  Over that time, the methods for trial-based economic evaluation have developed rapidly. 

Aims

- reflect on the rapid development of the methodology for economic evaluation alongside clinical trials

- ask what is the future role of the clinical trial for informing economic evaluation.

Oral Presentations

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Using economic modelling to contribute to the prioritisation and design and clinical trials: ready for prime time

Analysis of adverse events and quality of life data for an economic evaluation of adjuvant chemotherapy in colorectal cancer: Can we stop collecting QoL data?