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Contact Details

Market Square,
University of York,
Vanbrugh Way, Heslington,
York YO10 5NH
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 323620
Fax: +44 (0)1904 323628
Email: yhec@york.ac.uk

Reviewing Services for the Private Sector

YHEC offers a range of reviewing services from scoping reviews and rapid evidence reviews, through to systematic reviews to inform submissions to reimbursement agencies. We can provide systematic reviews of effects, adverse effects, cost-effectiveness studies and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) to inform Single Technology Appraisals (STA) for NICE and submissions to other agencies. We also undertake reviews to identify research gaps, to inform the development of economic models and to summarise health-related quality of life.

YHEC has expertise in undertaking health technology assessment and economic evaluations of a range of healthcare interventions, including:

Pharmaceuticals
Medical Devices
Diagnostic Technologies
Surgical Procedures

We have an experienced multidisciplinary team of consultants and associates to support our reviews including systematic reviewers, health economists, information specialists, qualitative researchers and statisticians. YHEC has established resources and procedures to streamline the production of reviews and has undertaken reviews for a wide range of pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers.

As well as preparing reviews we can also provide review appraisals or critiques, and we can also assist with developing or scoping review questions.

YHEC staff are also active in the development of technology assessment methods and publish regularly in key journals in the field such as the International Journal of Technology Assessment in Healthcare and the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.

Some of our recent publications are:

Monica J Fletcher , Jane Upton , Judith Taylor-Fishwick , Sonia A Buist , Christine Jenkins John Hutton , Neil Barnes , Thys Van Der Molen , John W Walsh , Paul Jones and Samantha Walker. COPD Uncovered: An International survey on the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on a working age population. BMC Public Health 2011; 11: 612.
Whiting P, Westwood M, Beynon R, Burke M, Sterne JA, Glanville J. Inclusion of methodological filters in searches for diagnostic test accuracy studies misses relevant studies Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2011; 64(6): 602-7.
Remak E, Manson S, Hutton J, et al. Cost-effectiveness of the endeavor stent in de novo native coronary artery lesions updated with contemporary data Eurointervention 2010; 5(7): 826-832.
Glanville J, Kaunelis D, Mensinkai S. How well do search filters perform in identifying economic evaluations in MEDLINE and EMBASE International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2009; 25(4).
Glanville, J. Searching the literature: resources available The Foundation Years 2009; 5(1): 28-30.
Stamuli E, Kruger J, Hutton J. Cost-effectiveness of ultrasound elastography in the assessment of liver fibrosis Centre for Evidence-Based Purchasing Economic Report CEP08053 2009; February.
Dale PL, Hutton J, Elgazzar H. Utility of health states in chronic kidney disease: a structured review of the literature Current Medical Research and Opinion 2008; 24(1): 193-206.
Glanville JM, Bayliss S, Booth A, et al, on behalf of the ISSG. So many filters, so little time: the development of a search filter appraisal checklist Journal of the Medical Library Association 2008; 96(4) : 356-361.
Hutton J, Trueman P, Facey K. Harmonization of evidence requirements for health technology assessment in reimbursement decision making International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2008; 24(4): 511-517.
Muszbek N, Thompson MM, Soong CV, Hutton J, Brasseur P, van Sambeek MRHM. Systematic review of utilities in abdominal aortic aneurysm European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 2008; 36(3): 283-289.
Whiting P, Westwood M, Burke M, Sterne J, Glanville J. Systematic reviews of test accuracy should search a range of databases to identify primary studies Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2008; 61(4): 357-364.
Hutton J, Trueman P, Henshall C. Coverage with evidence development: an examination of conceptual and policy issues International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2007; 23(4): 425-435.
Knopf KB, Hutton J. Value and use of economic evaluation in oncology Journal of Clinical Oncology 2007; 25(35) : 5666-5667.
Ritchie G, Glanville J, Lefebvre C. Do published search filters to identify diagnostic test accuracy studies perform adequately? Health Information and Libraries Journal 2007; 24(3): 188-192.
Brown P, Brunnhuber K, Chalkidou K, Chalmers I, Clarke M, Fenton M, Forbes C, Glanville J, Hicks NJ, Moody J, Twaddle S, Timimi H, Young P. How to formulate research recommendations BMJ 2006; 333: 804-6.
Glanville JM, Lefebvre C, Miles JN, Camosso-Stefinovic J. How to identify randomized controlled trials in MEDLINE: ten years on Journal of the Medical Library Association 2006; 94(2): 130-6.
Golder S, McIntosh HM, Duffy S, Glanville J. Developing efficient search strategies to identify reports of adverse effects in MEDLINE and EMBASE Health Information and Libraries Journal 2006; 23(1): 3-12.
Hutton J, McGrath C, Frybourg JM, Tremblay M, et al. Framework for describing and classifying decision-making systems using technology assessment to determine the reimbursement of health technologies (fourth hurdle systems) International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2006; 22(1): 1-9.
Golder S, Glanville J, Ginnelly L. Populating decision-analytic models: the feasibility and efficiency of database searching for individual parameters International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2005; 21(3): 305-311.
Glanville J, Wilson P, Richardson R. Accessing the online evidence: a guide to key sources of research information on clinical and cost effectiveness Quality & Safety in Health Care 2003; 12(3): 229-231.
White VJ, Glanville JM, Lefebvre C, Sheldon TA. A statistical approach to designing search filters to find systematic reviews: objectivity enhances accuracy Journal of Information Science 2001; 27(6): 357-70.
Nixon J, Stoykova BA, Christie J, Glanville JM, Kleijnen J, Drummond MF. The NHS economic evaluation database for healthcare decision makers BMJ 2000; 321: 32.
Boynton J, Glanville J, McDaid D, Lefebvre C. Identifying systematic reviews in MEDLINE: developing an objective approach to search strategy design Journal of Information Science 1998; 24(3): 137-157.
Glanville J. Where's the evidence? How to find clinical effectiveness information Clinical Performance and Quality Health Care 1998; 6(1): 44-48.
Glanville J, Haines M, Auston I. Finding information on clinical effectiveness BMJ 1998; 317: 200-203.

For more details please contact Julie Glanville (Project Director, Information Services) by telephone (+44 (0) 1904 324832) or email (julie.glanville@york.ac.uk)

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