Research
Our purpose is to contribute through our research to health and healthcare in the UK and internationally. We examine the economic aspects of health and disease, the costs and benefits of prevention and treatment, and the design and evaluation of health systems. Of particular importance in all areas is the rigour and innovativeness of the research methods we use.
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Genomic Technology
HERC is involved in analysing the economic implications in several studies in the area of genomic technologies. These studies span numerous disease areas including cancers, cardiovascular disease and infectious diseases within hospitals and use a range of health economics tools, especially micro-costing, modelling and discrete choice experiments
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The Nuffield Department of Population Health has a full-time three year DPhil programme intended to train new researchers in Population Health. HERC is currently advertising two DPhil (PhD) projects for admission in 2019.
Read moreThe Health Economics Research Centre (HERC)
HERC was established by the University of Oxford in 1996. Our aim is to contribute to health and healthcare in the UK and internationally, by conducting research on economic aspects of health and disease, the costs and benefits of prevention and treatment, and the design and evaluation of health systems.
Latest publications
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Survival, dependency and health-related quality of life in patients with ruptured intracranial aneurysm: ten-year follow-up of the UK cohort of the International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial (ISAT)
HUA X. et al, (2020), Neurosurgery
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Modelling the impact of physical activity on public health: a review and critique
CANDIO FP. et al, (2020), Health Policy
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Cost-effectiveness of a proportionate universal offer of free exercise: Leeds Let’s Get Active
CANDIO FP. et al, (2020), Journal of Public Health
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Integrating motherhood and employment: A 22-year analysis investigating impacts of US workplace breastfeeding policy
Hauck K. et al, (2020), SSM - Population Health, 11, 100580 - 100580
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Cost and quality-of-life impacts of community treatment orders (CTOs) for patients with psychosis: economic evaluation of the OCTET trial.
Simon J. et al, (2020), Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
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Outcome-Based Payment Schemes: What Outcomes Do Patients with Cancer Value?
Lorgelly P. et al, (2020), Patient
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Economic evaluation of computerised interpretation of fetal heart rate during labour: a cost consequence analysis alongside the INFANT study
RIVERO ARIAS O. et al, (2020), Archives of Disease in Childhood
HERC & BRC Bursary Scheme
Since 2015, HERC has been in collaboration with the Research Education and Training Group at the Biomedical Research Council (BRC) and has supported over 30 funded places to attend our Health Economics Short Courses.
For more information on how to apply for these bursaries please visit the Oxford BRC website HERE
Latest news
HERC Newsletter - Issue 31 - May 2020 OUT NOW!
29 May 2020
Exit strategy: how to lift lockdown
7 May 2020
Forthcoming HERC Online Health Economic Short Courses
ONLINE APPLIED METHODS OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
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ONLINE Introduction to Health Economic EvaluatioN (HEE): ONLINE COURSE
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