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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. The deadline for applications for the academic year 2016 - 17 has now closed.
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Research at HERC
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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HERC Newsletter Issue 19
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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
The 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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Time Course of Evolution of Disability and Cause-Specific Mortality After Ischemic Stroke: Implications for Trial Design.
Ganesh A. et al, (2017), J Am Heart Assoc, 6
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Erratum to: What Are the Real Procedural Costs of Bariatric Surgery? A Systematic Literature Review of Published Cost Analyses.
Doble B. et al, (2017), Obes Surg
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Intertemporal deprivation in rural china: income and nutrition
You J. et al, (2017), Journal of Economic Inequality, 1 - 41
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Delayed Hospital Discharges of Older Patients: A Systematic Review on Prevalence and Costs.
Landeiro F. et al, (2017), Gerontologist
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Cost-effectiveness of strategies to increase cervical screening uptake at first invitation (STRATEGIC)
Tsiachristas A. et al, (2017), Journal of Medical Screening
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Body mass index and healthcare costs: a systematic literature review of individual participant data studies
Kent S. et al, (2017), Obesity Reviews
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Clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of brief guided parent-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy and solution-focused brief therapy for treatment of childhood anxiety disorders: a randomised controlled trial
Violato M., (2017), The Lancet Psychiatry
Forthcoming HERC Courses
Introduction to Health Economic Evaluation
- 12 OCTOBER 2017, Oxford.
- 13 OCTOBER 2017, Oxford.
Applied Methods of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
- 06-08 DECEMBER 2017, Oxford (Course Full, waiting list available)
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