Economic evaluation and priority setting
- International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI)
The International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI) is a network of priority setting institutions that have, since 2013, supported the use of evidence in healthcare decision-making in low- and middle-income countries across the world.
- Feasibility of Novel Diagnostics for TB in Endemic Countries (FEND-TB)
The primary purpose of the FEND for TB Consortium is to evaluate early stage diagnostics and novel diagnostic strategies for tuberculosis in the context of existing clinical algorithms in TB endemic countries.
- Methods for addressing uncertainty around EQ-5D values
The Methods for addressing uncertainty around EQ-5D values project aims to provide a comprehensive account of the various sources of uncertainty affecting 'value sets’ for health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and identify implications for their use in generating evidence to inform decision making in health care.
- Guidance on the ECOnomiC evaluation of the Health Impacts of Climate Action/inaction (ECO-CHICA)
The ECO-CHICA project brings together environmental and health economics to identify the appropriate methods for conducting economic evaluation and the valuation of health co-benefits when assessing the impact of climate action or inaction.
Policy evaluation
- Innovative Management PRactices to Enhance hoSpital quality and Save lives in Malawi (IMPRESS)
Examining whether enhanced hospital management practices can drive improvements in newborn survival and the quality of clinical care in Malawi.
- PERsonalised Medicine for Intensification of Treatment (PERMIT)
Investigating the effectiveness of different treatments for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, to help choose the right treatments for patients.
- Impact of Calorie Labelling on Online Takeaway Food Choices: An Online Menu-Based Choice Experiment in England
Investigating whether displaying calories on restaurant and takeaway menus helps us make healthier choices.
Financing and organisation of health systems
- The Lancet Global Health Commission on Financing for Primary Health Care
Published a Lancet report that developed evidence-led actions for financing primary healthcare in LMICs, which place people at the centre and address inequities first.
- Unpacking the effect of the national pay for performance scheme on inequalities in the primary care of Brazil (EQUI-PMAQ)
Unpacking the effect of the National Programme for Improving Primary Care Access and Quality (PMAQ) scheme on inequalities in the financing and delivery of primary care in Brazil.
- Countdown to 2030: Women's, Children's, and Adolescents' Health
Enabling better data use around financial resources to enable decision-making around resource allocation for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health.
- Regulating e-pharmacy – challenges and opportunities for access and quality of care in LMIC health systems
This 3-year project funded by the UKRI Health Systems Research Initiative started in 2022 and aims to assess the performance of e-pharmacies in India and Kenya and analyse regulatory systems for improving medicine quality, safety and accessibility.
- NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Systems and Commissioning
The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Systems and Commissioning, formerly PRUComm, studies how the NHS and social care services are organised in England, how decisions are made about what services to provide, how money is spent, and how oversight and accountability are operating.
Preferences, behaviour and outcomes
- Universally accessible HIV Prevention Technologies for African girls and young women through Knowledge applied from behavioral Economics (UPTAKE)
Understanding preferences and behaviours for long-acting HIV prevention methods using discrete choice experiments and behavioural laboratory experiments in Kenya and Uganda.
- Indian Food Systems for Improved Nutrition (INFUSION)
Improving understanding of the functioning of rural food markets from a nutrition perspective, and to establish, test and deliver evidence for market interventions that improve the availability and affordability of nutrient-dense foods in India.
- High Horizons
Assessing the impact of mitigation and adaptation strategies for extreme heat on maternal health and wellbeing in Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
Macroeconomics of health
- CO-designing for healthy People and Planet: food Economic policy Research (COPPER)
This project aims to explore the potential impacts of food taxes and subsidies on health, economics, and the environment in the UK. By co-designing scenarios with the public and policymakers and analysing them using an integrated health and macroeconomic model, the research will assess how these measures could affect chronic diseases and economic factors, and we will communicate our findings to all stakeholders.
COVID-19
We are a member of C19economics that collates health economic research on COVID-19 globally. A sample of our work on COVID-19 can be found here, for more, please visit the Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases and the Centre for Economic Policy Research.