Oxford Health Economics Workshop 2019
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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.
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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 moreHERC Newsletter - Issue 26 OUT NOW!
The February 2019 edition of the HERC newsletter is now available
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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The challenge of antimicrobial resistance: What economics can contribute
Roope LSJ. et al, (2019), Science, 364, eaau4679 - eaau4679
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A Review of the Challenges of Using Biomedical Big Data for Economic Evaluations of Precision Medicine
Fahr P. et al, (2019), Applied Health Economics and Health Policy
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Should I stay or should I go? A retrospective propensity score matched analysis using administrative data of hospital-at-home for older people in Scotland
TSIACHRISTAS A. et al, (2019), BMJ Open
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Correction to: Will the reformed Cancer Drugs Fund address the most common types of uncertainty? An analysis of NICE cancer drug appraisals.
Morrell L. et al, (2019), BMC health services research, 19, 198 - 198
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Cost-effectiveness of lowering LDL cholesterol with statins and ezetimibe in chronic kidney disease
SCHLACKOW I. et al, (2019), Kidney International
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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in hospital and hospital-at-home settings: a mixed-methods study
Gardner M. et al, (2019), Health Services and Delivery Research, 7, 1 - 206
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Correction to: The Impact of Hospital Costing Methods on Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: A Case Study.
Leal J. et al, (2019), Pharmacoeconomics
Latest news
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New update of HERC Database of Mapping Studies
24 April 2019
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HERC Newsletter - Issue 26 OUT NOW!
19 February 2019
Forthcoming HERC Courses
Introduction to Health Economic Evaluation
- THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019, OXFORD.
- FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019, OXFORD.
- THURSDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2019, OXFORD.
- FRIDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 2019, OXFORD.
Applied Methods of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
- WEDNESDAY 10 JULY - FRIDAY 12 JULY 2019, OXFORD. Waiting list now closed
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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