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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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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Obtaining EQ-5D-5L utilities from the disease specific Quality of Life Alzheimer’s Disease Scale: Development and results from a mapping study
ROMBACH I. et al, (2020), Quality of Life Research
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Delayed antibiotic prescription by general practitioners in the UK: a stated-choice study
MORRELL E. et al, (2020), Antibiotics
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Costs of joint replacement in osteoarthritis: a study using the National Joint Registry and Clinical Practice Research Datalink datasets
LEAL J. et al, (2020), Arthritis Care and Research
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How Should a Safe and Effective COVID-19 Vaccine be Allocated? Health Economists Need to be Ready to Take the Baton.
Roope LSJ. et al, (2020), Pharmacoecon Open
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Mesothelioma and Radical Surgery 2 (MARS 2): protocol for a multicentre randomised trial comparing (extended) pleurectomy decortication versus no (extended) pleurectomy decortication for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma.
Lim E. et al, (2020), BMJ Open, 10, e038892 - e038892
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Global Public Perceptions of Genomic Data Sharing: What Shapes the Willingness to Donate DNA and Health Data?
Middleton A. et al, (2020), The American Journal of Human Genetics
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Conventional versus minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (COMICS).
COMICS investigators None., (2020), Perfusion
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
Forthcoming HERC Online Health Economic Short Courses
ONLINE APPLIED METHODS OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
- MONDAY 16th - FRIDAY 20th NOVEMBER 2020
ONLINE Integrating Economic Evaluation into Clinical Trials
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TUESDAY 8th - WEDNESDAY 9th DECEMBER 2020
BOOKING OPEN For further information please click HERE.
ONLINE INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH ECONOMIC EVALUATION (IHEE)
There are no further courses planned until early 2021. Dates to be announced in due course.
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