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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A symposium to mark the 60th anniversary of the Hinchliffe Report - a Government Committee tasked with examining the rise in pharmaceutical expenditure following the introduction of the NHS.
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HERC Newsletter Issue 28 - August 2019 - OUT NOW
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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.
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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Preferences for interventions designed to increase cervical screening uptake in non-attending young women: how findings from a discrete choice experiment compare with observed behaviours in a trial
RIVERO ARIAS O., (2019), Health Expectations
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1111OCisplatin reduces costs and provides more quality adjusted life years (QALYs) than cetuximab in chemoradiotherapy for patients with HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer (HPV+OPC)
Jones DA. et al, (2019), Annals of Oncology, 30
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Intravenous co-amoxiclav to prevent infection after operative vaginal delivery: the ANODE RCT.
Knight M. et al, (2019), Health Technol Assess, 23, 1 - 54
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Costs of bleeding on long-term antiplatelet treatment without routine co-prescription of proton-pump inhibitors
Luengo-Fernandez R. et al, (2019), International Journal of Stroke, 174749301987965 - 174749301987965
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Who gets referred for knee or hip replacement? A theoretical model of the potential impact of evidence-based referral thresholds using data from a retrospective review of clinic records from an English musculoskeletal referral hub
DAKIN H. et al, (2019), BMJ Open
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Sociodemographic and clinical risk-factors for paediatric typical haemolytic uraemic syndrome
VIOLATO M., (2019), BMJ Paediatrics Open
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Geographical Variation in Outcomes of Primary Hip and Knee Replacement
GARRIGA-FUENTES C. et al, (2019), JAMA Network Open
Latest news
PROGRAMME AVAILABLE / REGISTER NOW: 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 will be 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
- THURSDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2019, OXFORD. COURSE NOW FULL: COMPLETE THE BOOKING FORM TO BE ADDED TO THE WAITING LIST.
- FRIDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 2019, OXFORD. COURSE NOW FULL: COMPLETE THE BOOKING FORM TO BE ADDED TO THE WAITING LIST.
Applied Methods of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
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
Social Norms and Free-Riding in Influenza Vaccine Decisions: An Online Experiment
Monday, 21 October 2019, 12.30pm to 1.30pm @ Big Data Institute LG Seminar Room, University of Oxford Old Road Campus, OX3 7LF
Strategies to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use
Monday, 11 November 2019 @ Royal College of Physicians, London
Koen Pouwels, HERC Senior Researcher, will be presenting on 11 November 2019 on this topical subject
Pharmaceutical policies in the long run: Reflections on 60th anniversary of the Hinchliffe Report
Monday, 11 November 2019, 9.15am to 5pm @ Merton College, Merton Street Oxford, OX1 4JD
Organised by the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford 11th November 2019 at Merton College, Merton Street Oxford, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Sex, risk, and preferences: Using stated preference data to model behaviour in HIV prevention.
Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 12pm to 1pm @ Richard Doll Building, Oxford, OX3 7LF