Table 3.

Methodological research projects funded through Methodology Research Programme (MRP) in 2009 (approximately £2.3 million)

Research project	Principal investigator	Primary research institute	Project duration (months)	Value funded
Widening the spectrum of health outcomes used in Health Technology Assessment: integrated synthesis and mapping to QALYs	Professor A E Ades	University of Bristol	24	238 868
Use of generic and condition-specific measures in NICE decision making	Dr L Longworth	University of Sheffield	24	289 189
Preparatory study for the re-evaluation of the EQ-5D tariff	Dr A Tsuchiya	University of Sheffield	18	242 969
Economic modelling of diagnostic/treatment pathways in NICE clinical guidelines	Dr J Lord	Brunel University	24	284 471
Properties of statistical methods for indirect and mixed treatment comparison – a computer simulation evaluation	Dr F Song	University of East Anglia	12	96 810
Methodological search filter performance: assessment to improve efficiency of evidence information retrieval.	Ms C Lefebvre	NHS R&D Programme	24	95 833
Methods to estimate the NICE cost-effectiveness threshold	Professor M Sculpher	University of York	24	351 357
Methods for the Indirect estimation of health state utilities	Professor C McCabe	University of Leeds	24	194 949
Methods for strengthening evaluation and implementation: specifying components of behaviour change interventions	Professor S Michie	University College London	36	509 200

EQ-5D, EuroQol 5 dimensions; NICE, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; QALYs, quality-adjusted life-years.