PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS:

COLLABORATING RESEARCHERS:

• Iván Castilla Rodríguez, PhD (RedETS contract)
• María del Mar Trujillo Martín, PhD (RedETS contract)
• Amado Rivero Santana, PhD (RedETS contract)
• Ana Toledo Chávarri, PhD (RedETS contract)
• Tasmania del Pino Sedeño, PhD (RedETS contract)
• Néstor Benítez, PhD (RedETS contract)
• Beatriz León Salas, PhD (RedETS contract)
• Lidia García Pérez (RedETS contract)
• Yolanda Ramallo Fariña (RedETS contract)
• Renata Linertova (RedETS contract)
• Cristina Valcárcel Nazco (RedETS contract)
• Yolanda Álvarez (RedETS contract)
• Vanesa Ramos (RedETS contract)
• Leticia Rodríguez (RedETS contract)

RESEARCH LINES:

• Health Assessment Services focusing on telemedicine, health technologies viability assessments and the economic impact of diseases.
• Health Technologies Assessment, and studies of the effectiveness and efficacy of health technologies through systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis.
• Shared decision making through the development, assessment and implementation of techniques and tools that aid shared decision-making.

FUNDED PROJECTS:

• Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness over 5 years for complex ITC knowledge transfer interventions designed for health improvement in DM2 (INDICA-DOS, PI16/00769 – “Efectividad y coste-efectividad de intervenciones complejas de transferencia de conocimiento basadas en TICs a 5 años, para mejorar la salud en pacientes con DM2”). PI: Pedro Serrano. Institute of Health Carlos III (2017-2019, 50,215 €).
• EUnetHTA Joint Action 3. PI: Pedro Serrano. EU Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (2016-2020, 88,000 €).
• Health Service Research Network on Chronic Diseases (REDISSEC – «Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas»). PI: Pedro Serrano. Institute of Health Carlos III 2017-2020, 240,000 €).
• Improving digital health literacy in Europe. European Commission. PI: Lilisbeth Perestelo. FUNCANIS (2016-2018, 149,875 €).
• Clinical and economic impact of ozone-therapy on patients waiting for herniated disc surgery (PI17/00120 – “Impacto clínico y económico de la ozonoterapia intradiscal en pacientes en lista de espera para cirugía por hernia de disco”). PI: Renata Linertova. Institute of Health Carlos III (2018-2020, 32,065 €).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS FROM THE LAST 10 YEARS:

• Vallejo-Torres L, Garcia-Lorenzo B, Castilla I, Valcárcel-Nazco C, Garcia-Perez L, Linertova R, Polentinos-Castro E, Serrano-Aguilar P. On the estimation of the cost- effectiveness threshold: why, what, how? Value in Health. 2016 Jul-Aug;19(5):558-66. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2016.02.020
• Lopez-Bastida J, Oliva-Moreno J, Linertová R, Serrano-Aguilar P. Social/economic costs and health-related quality of life in patients with rare diseases in Europe. Eur J Health Econ. 2016;Suppl 1:1-5. doi: 10.1007/s10198-016-0780-7
• Abt Sacks A, Perestelo-Pérez L, Rodriguez-Martin B, Cuellar-Pompa L, Algara Lopez M, Gonzalez Hernandez N, Serrano-Aguilar P. Breast cancer patients’narrative experiences about communication during the oncology care process: a qualitative study. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl.). 2016 Sep;25(5):719-33. doi: 10.1111/ecc.12384
• Perestelo-Pérez L, Rivero Santana A, Boronat M, Sanchez-Afonso JA, Perez-Ramos JM, Montori VM, Serrano-Aguilar P. Effect of the statin choice encounter decision aid in Spanish patients with type 2 diabetes: A randomized trial. Patient Educ Couns. 2016 Feb;99(2):295-9. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.08.032
• Del Pino-Sedeño T, Trujillo-Martin MM, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Cuellar-Pompa L, de Pascual-Medina AM, Serrano-Aguilar P. Spanish Systemic Lupus Erythematosus CPG Development Group. Effectiveness of nonpharmacologic interventions for decreasing fatigue in adults with systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2016 Jan;68(1):141-8. doi:10.1002/acr.22675
• Vallejo-Torres L, Castilla I, Couce ML, Perez-Cerda C, Martin-Hernandez E, Pineda M, Campistol J, Arrospide A, Morris S, Serrano-Aguilar P. Cost-efectiveness analysis of a national newborn screening program for biotinidase deficiency. 2015 Aug;136(2):e424-32. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-3399
• Serrano-Aguilar P, Trujillo-Martin MM, Perez de la Rosa A, Cuellar-Pompa L, Saavedra-Medina H, Linertova R, Perestelo-Perez L, Perez-Ramos J, Rivero-Santana A. Patient participation in a Clinical Guideline Development for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Patient Education and Counseling. 2015 Sep;98(9):1156-63. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.05.022
• Vallejo-Torres L, Castilla I, Gonzalez N, Hunter R, Serrano-Perez P, Perestelo-Pérez L. Cost-effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy compared to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant severe depression: a decision model. Psychol Med. 2015 May;45(7):1459-70. doi: 10.1017/S0033291714002554