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.
Latest publications
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Lessons from the pandemic on the value of research infrastructure.
Roope LSJ. et al, (2021), Health Res Policy Syst, 19
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Is there a renoprotective value to leukodepletion during heart valve surgery? A randomized controlled trial (ROLO).
Khoshbin E. et al, (2021), J Cardiothorac Surg, 16
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Public opinion on global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines
Duch R., (2021), Nature Medicine
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Understanding community health worker incentive preferences in Uganda using a discrete choice experiment
Agarwal S. et al, (2021), Journal of Global Health, 11
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Treating to target in psoriatic arthritis: assessing real-world outcomes and optimising therapeutic strategy for adults with psoriatic arthritis-study protocol for the MONITOR-PsA study, a trials within cohorts study design.
Rombach I. et al, (2021), Trials, 22
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Impacts of introducing and lifting nonpharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 daily growth rate and compliance in the United States
Singh S. et al, (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA
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An Intuitive Risk Communication Tool to Enhance Patient-Provider Partnership in Diabetes Consultation.
Rouyard T. et al, (2021), J Diabetes Sci Technol
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
Latest news
HERC Newsletter - Issue 34 - February 2021
18 February 2021
Launch of the NIHR Incubator for Mental Health Research
25 January 2021
New Look HERC Newsletter - Issue 33 - November 2020 AVAILABLE NOW!!!
26 November 2020
HERC Online Health Economics Short Courses in 2021
Integrating Economic Evaluation into Clinical Trials [Online]
- TUESDAY 6th & WEDNESDAY 7th JULY 2021
Introduction to Health Economic Evaluation [ONLINE]
- MONDAY 10th & TUESDAY 11th MAY 2021
APPLIED METHODS OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS [ONLINE]
- 19-23 APRIL 2021 (Mon 19th 1-5pm, Tues-Thurs 1-6pm, Friday 1-5pm UK time - Live Online
- With a wrap-up session on THURSDAY 29th APRIL 1-3pm UK time - Live Online
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