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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HERC Newsletter Issue 28 - August 2019 - OUT NOW
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Front Cover - HERC Newsletter Issue 28 - August 2019
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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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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.
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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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Variation in spend on young mental health across Clinical Commissioning Groups in England: a cross-sectional observational study
ROCKS S. et al, (2019), BMJ Open
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The effectiveness of home versus community-based weight control programmes initiated soon after breast cancer diagnosis: a randomised controlled trial.
Harvie M. et al, (2019), Br J Cancer
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Oral versus intravenous antibiotics for bone and joint infections: the OVIVA non-inferiority RCT.
Scarborough M. et al, (2019), Health technology assessment (Winchester, England), 23, 1 - 92
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The Challenge of Transparency and Validation in Health Economic Decision Modelling: A View from Mount Hood.
Kent S. et al, (2019), PharmacoEconomics
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Implementation of a genomic medicine multi-disciplinary team approach for rare disease in the clinical setting: a prospective exome sequencing case series.
Taylor J. et al, (2019), Genome Med, 11
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Cost-effectiveness of oral versus intravenous antibiotics (OVIVA) in patients with bone and joint infection: evidence from a non-inferiority trial
McMeekin N. et al, (2019), Wellcome Open Research, 4, 108 - 108
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The clinical and cost effectiveness of total versus partial knee replacement in patients with medial compartment osteoarthritis (TOPKAT): 5-year outcomes of a randomised trial
BEARD D. et al, (2019), The Lancet
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Forthcoming HERC Courses
Introduction to Health Economic Evaluation
- THURSDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2019, OXFORD.
- FRIDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 2019, OXFORD.
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
Using whole disease modelling to evaluate all key interventions for schizophrenia
Monday, 16 September 2019, 2.30pm to 3.30pm @ Big Data Institute, Lower Ground Seminar Room, University of Oxford Old Road Campus, OX3 7LF
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