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 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.
Watch videos of our staff, students and alumni on the HERC@25 page.
Latest publications
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Does the Risk Premium Differ Between Women Engaging in Commercial and Transactional Sex? Evidence From Urban Cameroon.
Njuguna RG. et al, (2025), Health Econ
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Preferences for multi-cancer tests (MCTs) in primary care: discrete choice experiments of general practitioners and the general public in England
Buckell J. et al, (2025), British Journal of Cancer
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Implementation of Delirium Screening at Scale in Older Patients With Emergency Hospital Admission.
Boucher EL. et al, (2025), JAMA Intern Med
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Healthcare professionals' perspectives on assessing selected patient-reported outcome measures in specialist palliative care institutions: a multi-country mixed-methods study.
Saly E. et al, (2025), BMC Palliat Care, 24
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The Use of EQ-5D in the Middle East and North Africa Region: A Systematic Literature Review.
Al Rabayah A. et al, (2025), Pharmacoeconomics
HERC & Oxford NIHR BRC - RESEARCH TRAINING Bursary Scheme
Since 2015, HERC has collaborated with the Research Education and Training Group at the Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Council (Oxford NIHR BRC) and has supported over 50 funded places to attend our health economics short courses.
For more information on how to apply for these bursaries, please visit the Oxford NIHR BRC website.
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2025 HERC Short Courses in Health Economics
HERC offers a varied programme of short courses designed for health economists, health care professionals, academic researchers, students and clinical investigators at different stages in their careers.
Founded in 1996
30+ Researchers
Over 1000 course participants
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