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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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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Evaluating complex interventions
Tsiachristas A. and Rutten-van Mölken M., (2017), Handbook Integrated Care
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Economic evaluation of integrated care
Tsiachristas A., (2017), Handbook Integrated Care
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Economic evaluation of factorial randomised controlled trials: Challenges, methods and recommendations
Dakin HA. and Gray A., (2017), Statistics in Medicine
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Using genomic information to guide ibrutinib treatment decisions in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: a cost-effectiveness analysis
Buchanan J. et al, (2017), PharmacoEconomics
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Including health economic analysis in pilot studies: lessons learned from a cost-utility analysis within the PROSPECTIV pilot study
Burns RM. et al, (2017), Global and Regional Health Technology Assessment
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Costs of fragility hip fractures globally: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis
Williamson S. et al, (2017), Osteoporosis International
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Valuation and Modeling of EQ-5D-5L Health States Using a Hybrid Approach.
Ramos-Goñi JM. et al, (2017), Med Care, 55, e51 - e58
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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