Oxford Health Economics Workshop 2019
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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.
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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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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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Influence of socio-economic status on Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection incidence, risk factors and clinical features
Adams NL. et al, (2019), Epidemiology and Infection, 147
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Comprehensive ascertainment of bleeding in patients prescribed different combinations of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) and triple therapy (TT) in the UK: study protocol for three population-based cohort studies emulating 'target trials' (the ADAPTT Study).
Pufulete M. et al, (2019), BMJ Open, 9
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Mind the gap? The platform trial as a working environment
MORRELL L. et al, (2019), Trials, 2019, 297 - 297
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Risk attitudes and sun protection behaviour: Can behaviour be altered by using a melanoma genomic risk intervention?
Morton RL. et al, (2019), Cancer Epidemiol, 61, 8 - 13
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Association analyses identify 31 new risk loci for colorectal cancer susceptibility.
Law PJ. et al, (2019), Nat Commun, 10
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Prophylactic antibiotics in the prevention of infection after operative vaginal delivery (ANODE): a multicentre randomised controlled trial.
Knight M. et al, (2019), Lancet
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Epidemiology and health-economic burden of urinary catheter-associated infection in English NHS hospitals: a probabilistic modelling study
Smith DRM. et al, (2019), Journal of Hospital Infection
Latest news
HERC Newsletter - Issue 27 OUT NOW!
21 May 2019
New update of HERC Database of Mapping Studies
24 April 2019
Forthcoming HERC Courses
Introduction to Health Economic Evaluation
- THURSDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2019, OXFORD.
- FRIDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 2019, OXFORD.
Applied Methods of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
- WEDNESDAY 10 JULY - FRIDAY 12 JULY 2019, OXFORD. Waiting list now closed
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
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