Peasgood, T., Mukuria, C. orcid.org/0000-0003-4318-1481, Rowen, D. orcid.org/0000-0003-3018-5109 et al. (2 more authors) (2022) Should we consider including a value for "Hope" as an additional benefit within health technology assessment? Value in Health, 25 (9). pp. 1619-1623. ISSN 1098-3015
Abstract
Health technology assessment (HTA) typically uses average health-related quality of life gain as its main measure of benefit used in economic evaluation. Nevertheless, there have been calls to consider novel aspects of benefit including the "value of hope," defined as a patients' potential preferences for a wider distribution of treatment benefit with a positive skew, in the hope that they will be one of the lucky ones. The value of hope may also derive from feeling hopeful as a positive mental state, which may be missing from current measures of health-related quality of life. The value attributed to feeling hopeful could be related to, or additional to, the value derived from possible risk-seeking preferences. Here, we reflect upon the strength of the case for the inclusion of the "value of hope" taking a critical look at the commonly referenced evidence for including the "value of hope" as risk-seeking preferences. We also draw attention to other conceptions of hope-as an emotion, a cognitive process, or a combination of both-and reflect upon the potential of including these broader notions of hope into HTA. The case for the inclusion of the "value of hope" based on risk-seeking preferences is weak. We suggest research questions that could give further evidence on whether hope is an important missing value from HTA.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, Inc. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Value in Health. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | cost-effectiveness analysis; health technology assessment; risk-seeking preferences in survival; value assessment; value of hope |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Department of Health and Social Care PR-PRU-1217-20401 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 May 2022 10:08 |
Last Modified: | 28 Apr 2023 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jval.2022.03.006 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:187012 |
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