@UniMelbMDHS Professor of Health Economics and ex-twitter user. No longer active here - you can find me on @prof-nancy-devlin.bsky.social instead!
Wānaka, New Zealand
Based in United Kingdom
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I heard these: 'Why is there so much fraud in academia?' & 'Can academic fraud be stopped?' on my fav public radio station @WNYC - you can find them online here from @Freakonomics radio. Really thought provoking!
➡️youtube.com/watch?v=iiv5W-iT…
➡️youtube.com/watch?v=CTAksQr1…
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What a week for OPUF and @waq0r! First, a paper in Health Economics ➡️➡️onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
then, a surprise mention of OPUF in a paper in The American Statistician on parole board decisions! tinyurl.com/52k288dc
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3/3 And a poster reporting an experimental version of the @EuroQol EQ-5D-Y, modified for used in 2-4 year olds by @AlexVanHeusden @kmdalziel, which is part of our @QUOKKA_Research work, is on poster board 5065. I'll be around all morning if anyone wants to talk about our work!
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On now at #ISPOREurope ‘how to publish in peer review journals’ led by @ISPORJournals Daniel Mullins & Mike Drummond. Session hugely popular!
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How should we value child HRQoL? We'll be presenting the @ISPORorg Taskforce on Pediatric Utilities at #ISPOREurope.
@donna_rowen @stolk_elly @ErnestHLaw @laprosser @koonalshah @kmdalziel @JoWolffBSG @EMolsen_David
Details: Monday 13th, 13.15 - 14.15pm
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This webinar is on *now*...a really impressive body of theoretical and empirical work by our wonderful
@HEU_unimelb PhD student Lachie. @HealthPolicyUoM @jemimahride
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Popped in to say hi to my old pal Jeremy. He’s looking good in his new home! @UCLPhilosophy
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2/3 The paper summarises the causes of differences in values for child & adult HRQoL, as measured by EQ-5D instruments @stolk_elly @rich_norman @tianxinpan @QUOKKA_Research
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Want to know more about @QUOKKA_Research? We've got 5 papers being presented at #IHEA2023Congress TODAY on a wide range of aspects of measuring and valuing child HRQoL for use in CEA. Details on the @QUOKKA_Research twitter account.
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As the only academic in a family of farmers, I have to tell you that my brother winning a prize for the biggest turnips has caused more excitement than any paper I have ever published, ever.
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It was lovely to receive this award 'in real life' in Boston #ISPOR2023, albeit a few years after my term as @ISPORorg president! It was a fantastic leadership experience - challenging, but highly rewarding. Thank you to the ISPOR team for the professional support!
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1/2 Today is ANZAC day. >18,000 NZers were killed in WW1 - a shocking number for a tiny country - including 3 of my grandfather’s brothers. At dawn, all around the country, people gathered at these memorials.
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It’s Autumn here in southern New Zealand, and it’s just so beautiful and calm and peaceful
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Thank you @EuroQol for a brilliant, productive and fun two weeks based at the Rotterdam offices (EQ-HQ)
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Yesterday, a very nice walk with @stolk_elly from the Euroqol offices, along the Rotte, into central Rotterdam. I ❤️ Netherlands!
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Thought I’d share this lovely picture of my Mum, who died last week. She was a professional pianist and farmer and quite a character. She was still playing the piano at her care home (‘to entertain the old people’) until just a few months ago.
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Interested in #PROMs? Nils Gutacker from @CHEyork is giving a webinar organised by ISPOR NZ, "Using PROMs to incentivise value based health care: a cautionary tale from England". @HQSCNZ @EuroQol @ISPORorg @NetworkProms
Register here: ispor.org.nz/post/ispor-nz-w….
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Today! Our wonderful PhD student @ReneeJones4567 is presenting her research on the use of PROMs as part of routine outcomes measurement in pediatric clinical settings. Details for how to join online 👇 @QUOKKA_Research @HEU_unimelb @EuroQol @KimCreatif @HarrietHiscock
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twitter is preventing me from following anyone new - I just get this message 👇 I'm nowhere near the limits for adding new follows. Hey @elonmusk can you fix this for me?
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One of my favourite books, by one of my favourite economists. I loaned my copy to someone and can't remember who! I only lend books to people I really like, so I know its being well looked after somewhere. I'd love to get it back though.
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Have spent today thinking through (again) the normative issues around valuation of child HRQoL. Was reminded of this quote from Victor Fuchs - one of my favourites:
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Fantastic meeting yesterday on @HQSCNZ plans for a #PROMs programme across NZ health care sector. PROMs already collected by @ACCNZ, @southerncross & others; @HQSCNZ will develop a coherent approach across the sector to put patient outcomes at the heart of healthcare decisions
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icymi, here are 3 key messages about #PROMs from the #ISPOREurope plenary:
1. Collect meaningful data from patients 2. Do meaningful things with the data 3. Focus on what healthcare decisions will be improved, and how it will benefit patients @ISPORorg @EuroQol
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Me & @KimCreatif were at #ISPOREurope with our @QUOKKA_Research & @TORCHStudy poster on ‘checklist for child HRQoL utilities’. Thanks to those who dropped by for a chat about it!
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#ISPOREurope today: I'll be speaking at this morning's plenary on Real World Patient-Centred Research: Is it Possible Between Countries?
I'll be presenting on "Real-world use of PROs in routine outcomes measurement: What have we learned?" #PROMS #HEOR @EuroQol @HEU_unimelb
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Hey #ISPOREurope peeps, I’m here! Really looking forward to the next few days & seeing colleagues old and new in Vienna!
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shoes that I *actually* wore in London vs. my shoes now in New Zealand: two pairs of gumboots (one for 'good'), hiking boots and jandals. London shoes increasingly looking like historical instruments of torture.
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The Younger Populations Working Group of @EuroQol takes its remit seriously, with frequent input to meetings from these two tiny humans 👶👶
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(1/3) Loved London podcaster Helen Zaltzman's @AllusionistShow on Eponyms & why things tend to get named after men. Only occurred to me days later that I HAVE DONE EXACTLY THIS
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Extreme close up of the sun from NASA...(or did the camera slip, and they accidentally took a close-up of our cat?)
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Want to know more about EQ-5D-5L value sets? ▶️@EuroQol webinar Mon June 20th.
I'll be talking about 'which value set to use?' based on Ch.5 of this book, by @DrPanik @finc8 & me.
Book can be downloaded here: tinyurl.com/ypef9fey
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Voting closes for 2022 elections for @ISPORorg president elect in just a few days. Have *you* voted yet?
Hit the 'vote now' button here 👇👇 ispor.org/about/our-leaders/…
@ORourke_B @jasminepwu
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This seminar, by our fantastic PhD student Marie-Anne, is just about to get underway... @HEU_unimelb @HealthPolicyUoM
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The @ISPORorg statement 'ISPOR stands with #Ukraine' included a really good set of links at the end about practical ways of helping. The statement, and the links, can be found here: ispor.org/heor-resources/new…
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The view from my morning coffee spot. Feeling grateful to be in beautiful Aoteoroa, New Zealand.
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Hey, fellow @ISPORorg members! It’s time to vote for your next president! Here’s a little video message from me about this election & videos from each of our two brilliant candidates: @jasminepwu and @ORourke_B
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ispor.org/about/our-leaders/…
The ballot is now open, so VOTE!!🗳️
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or...how about a video with some reflections on your career, done in the style of Rowley Birkin QC? :-)
youtube.com/watch?v=rh8CQRer…
The QALY at 50 paper: I recommend you - *read the interview transcripts* in the supplementary material. Fascinating snippets - like this👇...could this quirk of history have contributed to widespread use of TTO? nice work, authors @rich_norman @pmc868 tinyurl.com/yswjw8c2
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It was my absolute pleasure to present the @ISPORorg Avedis Donabedian Outcomes Research Lifetime Achievement Award to Professor Ben van Hout. One of the most creative and innovative methodologists in health economics of his generation @EuroQol @Pharmerit @ScHARRHEDS
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2/2 OPUF allows much smaller sub-group analyses than conventional methods - *and* it lets us examine individual utility functions. Variability between groups tends to be small; variability within groups considerable. eg: UK results for the 5L @waq0r @ScHARRHEDS @HEU_unimelb
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1/2 If you missed @waq0r presenting OPUF, it's available online.#ISPOREurope @ScHARRHEDS @HEU_unimelb Want to generate your own personal utility function for EQ-5D-5L? head over here👉eq5d5l.me
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#ISPOREurope issues panel, 30 Nov: 16:00 - 17:00 CET Expanding the Notion of Value of New Health Technologies: Should Preventive Interventions be Differently Considered Than Therapeutics? I'll be arguing for more joined-up thinking about value for money...@MSPGH @HEU_unimelb @
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'Comparison of PROPr & 5L value sets': see full results in our @PECjournal paper tinyurl.com/n4yvev4e. But if you’ve only got 5 minutes, grab a coffee ☕️ or popcorn 🍿and let our avatars give you a quick overview! tinyurl.com/xwwpckmt @MSPGH @EuroQol @UniMelbMDHS @CHERE_UTS
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3/3 In the US 5L value set, pain is the most important dimension. In PROPr, pain is least important apart from sleep. Patterns of value decrements over severity levels very different too. Yet *both* are meant to represent the average preferences of US general public.
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2/3 Key results: PROPr has a narrower value range than 5L & very different properties eg 20% of states in the US 5L value set have negative values – in PROPr less than 1%. Full results here: tinyurl.com/n4yvev4e @PECjournal
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1/3 *New* @PECjournal paper out now: ‘A comparison of PROPr and EQ-5D-5L value sets’. PROPr is the value set for PROMIS. Full paper 👉 tinyurl.com/n4yvev4e @tianxinpan @roseofhurlo @rich_norman @brenjmulhern See thread below for some key findings...
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To everyone who has had unexpected cat-bottom-zoom-bombing from my cat this year, I apologise. I thought you might like to see what his front half looks like too. He always has this slightly disapproving look on his face when I am working. #CatsOfTwitter
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Two stories in my local paper @odtnews this weekend: Keas (a notoriously cheeky NZ native parrot) taught to use touch screen computers. And NZ users of software @SlackHQ report having issues. Just a coincidence? 🤔 #parrothackers #wildconspiracy
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Enjoying reading this new paper by Phillip Powell, @ProfJohnBrazier @donna_rowen et al: important messages for valuation of child HRQoL👉tinyurl.com/m6ax5yba
@QUOKKA_Research @EuroQol @ScHARRHEDS
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