The Nuffield Department of Population Health has a full-time three year DPhil programme intended to train new researchers in Population Health.
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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.
Read moreHERC Newsletter - Issue 24 OUT NOW!
The August 2018 edition of the HERC newsletter is now available (click image to download)
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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
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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Preventing PTSD, depression, and associated health problems in student paramedics: Protocol for PREVENTPTSD, a randomised controlled trial of supported online cognitive training for resilience versus alternative online training and standard practice
WILD J. et al, (2018), Bmj open
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Evaluating the Outcomes Associated with Genomic Sequencing: A Roadmap for Future Research
BUCHANAN JR. and WORDSWORTH S., (2018), PharmacoEconomics - Open
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Health-related quality of life impact of minor and major bleeding events during dual antiplatelet therapy: a systematic literature review and patient preference elicitation study.
Doble B. et al, (2018), Health Qual Life Outcomes, 16
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Effect of a strategy of supraglottic airway device versus tracheal intubation during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest on functional outcome: the AIRWAYS-2 randomized clinical trial.
Benger J. et al, (2018), JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 320, 779 - 791
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Cost-effectiveness of healthcare interventions for rare cancers: evidence from a systematic literature review and meta-analysis
TSIACHRISTAS A. et al, (2018), Journal of Cancer Policy
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Valuation of Health and Nonhealth Outcomes from Next-Generation Sequencing: Approaches, Challenges, and Solutions
Regier DA. et al, (2018), Value in Health
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Using “Big Data” in the Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Next-Generation Sequencing Technologies: Challenges and Potential Solutions
Wordsworth S. et al, (2018), Value in Health
Latest news
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HERC Newsletter - Issue 24 OUT NOW!
16 August 2018
Forthcoming HERC Courses
Introduction to Health Economic Evaluation
- 18 OCTOBER 2018, Oxford BOOKING NOW CLOSED
- 19 OCTOBER 2018, Oxford. BOOKING NOW CLOSED
Applied Methods of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
- 5-7th DECEMBER 2018, Oxford. BOOKING NOW CLOSED
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