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ArticlePublication 2023Evolving Nature of Health Technology Assessment: A Critical Appraisal of NICE's New Methods Manual
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) updated its Health Technology Evaluation manual …
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) updated its Health Technology Evaluation manual in 2022, merging processes from all 4 Health Technology Evaluation programs into a single document. Key changes include introducing a new disease severity modifier while maintaining existing methods on health inequality, discounting, unrelated healthcare costs, and value of information. Changes were categorized by importance, with most being modest updates or clarifications aligning with existing principles. The methods involved a 2-stage…
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ReviewPublication 2021European News Consumers' Perceptions of Misinformation
This study indicated that news users across ten different European countries are quite concerned about …
This study indicated that news users across ten different European countries are quite concerned about misinformation in their information environment. Respondents were most likely to associate politicians, corporations, and foreign actors with misinformation. They perceived misinformation to be most common for topics like immigration, the economy, and the environment. This offered support for the increasingly more relative and politicized status of facts in people’s credibility perceptions. Yet, differences across sources and issues were relatively modest,…
Decision Psychology | Europe | Preferences/Values | Social Determinants | Culture/Society | Education/Labor | Health/Medicine | Science/Technology -
ArticlePublication 2021Measuring the Impact of COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation on Vaccination Intent in the U.K. and U.S.
Widespread acceptance of a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 will be the next major step to fight …
Widespread acceptance of a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 will be the next major step to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, but high uptake achievement will be a challenge and may be impeded by online misinformation. This article is a randomized controlled trial in the U.K. and the U.S. with the objective to quantify how exposure to online misinformation around COVID-19 vaccines affects intent to vaccinate to protect oneself or others. The authors report that in both countries…
Decision Psychology | Europe | Preferences/Values | Infectious Diseases | Child/Nutrition | Social Determinants | Culture/Society | Health/Medicine | Science/Technology | North America