HERC Newsletter - Issue 23 OUT NOW!
The May 2018 edition of the HERC newsletter is now available (click image to download)
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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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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 Short Courses in Health Economics
HERC currently offers two courses in health economics for external participants. Places are available on the one day 'Introduction to Health Economic Evaluation' course taking place in April 2018 and the three day 'Applied Methods of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis' course taking place in July 2018.
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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.
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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Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention in Police Custody Suites: Pilot Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial (AcCePT)
Addison M. et al, (2018), Alcohol And Alcoholism
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A cluster randomized trial of strategies to increase uptake amongst young women invited for their first cervical screen: The STRATEGIC trial.
Kitchener H. et al, (2018), J Med Screen, 25, 88 - 98
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The impact of hospital costing methods on cost-effectiveness analysis: a case study
Leal J. et al, (2018), PharmacoEconomics
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Early use of Antibiotics for at Risk CHildren with InfluEnza (ARCHIE): protocol for a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.
Wang K. et al, (2018), BMJ open, 8, e021144 - e021144
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Cost-effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy for sleep disorder added to usual care in patients with schizophrenia: the BEST study
Tsiachristas A. et al, (2018), BJPsych Open
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Women’s preferences for alternative financial incentive schemes for breastfeeding: A discrete choice experiment
BECKER F. et al, (2018), PLoS ONE
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Associations between preoperative Oxford hip and knee scores and costs and quality of life of patients undergoing primary total joint replacement in the NHS England: an observational study.
Eibich P. et al, (2018), BMJ open, 8, e019477 - e019477
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HERC Newsletter - Issue 23 OUT NOW!
17 May 2018
Forthcoming HERC Courses
Introduction to Health Economic Evaluation
- 19 OCTOBER 2018, Oxford. Booking now open.
Applied Methods of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
- 11-13 JULY 2018, Oxford. Course fully booked. Waiting list closed.
- December, 2018 Date to be confirmed
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