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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HERC Newsletter Issue 29 - November 2019 - OUT NOW!
The November 2019 edition of the HERC newsletter is now available.
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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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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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The societal monetary value of a QALY associated with EQ-5D-3L health gains.
Vallejo-Torres L. et al, (2019), Eur J Health Econ
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Effective coverage and budget implications of skill-mix change to improve neonatal nursing care: an explorative simulation study in Kenya
TSIACHRISTAS A. et al, (2019), BMJ Global Health
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A review of health economic studies comparing traditional and massively parallel sequencing diagnostic pathways for suspected genetic disorders
Fahr P. et al, (2019), PharmacoEconomics
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Synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) in systematic reviews: a reporting guideline
SHEPPERD S. et al, (2019), BMJ: British Medical Journal
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Mobile money use and social health insurance enrolment among rural dwellers outside the formal employment sector: Evidence from Kenya
Obadha M. et al, (2019), The International Journal of Health Planning and Management
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Cost-effectiveness of oral versus intravenous antibiotics (OVIVA) in patients with bone and joint infection: evidence from a non-inferiority trial
McMeekin N. et al, (2019), Wellcome Open Research, 4, 108 - 108
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Attribute development and level selection for a discrete choice experiment to elicit the preferences of health care providers for capitation payment mechanism in Kenya.
Obadha M. et al, (2019), Health Econ Rev, 9
Latest news
HERC Newsletter - Issue 29 - November 2019 OUT NOW!
3 December 2019
Symposium reveals NHS challenges have changed little since 1959
27 November 2019
LATEST: Recruitment Opportunites at HERC
30 October 2019
Symposium to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Hinchliffe Report
26 September 2019
Pharmaceutical policies in the long run: Reflections on 60th anniversary of the Hinchliffe Report. This anniversary event was held at Merton College, Oxford on Monday 11 November 2019.
NEW: MSc in Precision Cancer Medicine
9 September 2019
Forthcoming HERC Courses
Introduction to Health Economic Evaluation
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MARCH 2020 - BOOKING AVAILABLE SOON
Applied Methods of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
- WEDNESDAY 25th - FRIDAY 27th MARCH 2020
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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Forthcoming HERC Events
Difference-in-differences estimation when the dependent variable is ordinal.
Monday, 09 December 2019, 12.30pm to 1.30pm @ Richard Doll Building, L1 Main Meeting Room, University of Oxford Old Road Campus, OX3 7LF
Rotating interview: crunching the numbers – engaging big business and the public sector
Thursday, 19 March 2020 @ BMA House Conference & Events Venue Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 9JP, UK - London
Koen Pouwels, HERC Senior Researcher, will be presenting at this conference, organised by The Economist, on 19 March 2020