Profile

Biography

Mike is Professor of Health Economics and was Director of the Centre from December 1995 to September 2005. His particular field of interest is in the economic evaluation of health care treatments and programmes. He has undertaken evaluations in a wide range of medical fields including care of the elderly, neonatal intensive care, immunisation programmes, services for people with AIDS, eye health care and pharmaceuticals.

He is the author of two major textbooks and more than 600 scientific papers, has acted as a consultant to the World Health Organization and was Project Leader of a European Union Project on the Methodology of Economic Appraisal of Health Technology. He has also served on the Boards of Directors of the International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care and the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. He has been President of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.  He is currently Co-Editor-in-Chief of Value in Health. 

His recent projects relate to the conduct of economic evaluations and their use in health care decision making. These include:

• NHS Economic Evaluation Database (funded by NHS R&D)
• Assessment of the socio-economic value of medical devices (funded by the European Health Technology Insitute)

Research

Overview

Mike's recent projects relate to the conduct of economic evaluations and their use in health care decision making. These include:

• NHS Economic Evaluation Database (funded by NHS R&D)
• Assessment of the socio-economic value of medical devices (funded by the European Health Technology Institute)

Research group(s)

• Economic evaluation of health technologies

Publications

Full publications list

Listed below is a selection of Professor Drummond's publications

2012

• Drummond M. Twenty years of using economic evaluations for reimbursement decisions. What have we achieved? Centre for Health Economics, University of York; CHE Research Paper 75 (PDF , 765kb) 2012.
• Drummond MF. Economic evaluation and decision makers In: Jones AM, editor. The Elgar Companion to Health Economics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar; 2012. p. 640.
• Drummond M, Neumann P, Jonsson B, Luce B, Schwartz J, Siebert U, Sullivan S. Can we reliably benchmark health technology assessment organizations? International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2012;28(2):159-65.
• Drummond MF, Towse A. Is it time to reconsider the role of patient co-payments for pharmaceuticals in Europe? European Journal of Health Economics 2012;13:1-5.
• Sorenson C, Drummond MF, Chalkidou K. Comparative effectiveness research: the NICE experience. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2012;Special Series issue, in press.

2011

• Backhouse M, Wonder M, Hornby E, Kilburg A, Drummond MF, Mayer FK. Early dialogue between the developers of new technologies and pricing and reimbursement agencies. Value in Health 2011;14(4):608-15.
• Drummond MF, Jönsson B, Rutten F, Stargardt T. Reimbursement of pharmaceuticals: reference pricing versus health technology assessment. The European Journal of Health Economics 2011;12:263-71.
• Garau M, Shah K, Mason A, Wang Q, Towse A, Drummond M. Using QALYs in cancer: a review of the methodological limitations. Pharmacoeconomics 2011;29(8):673-85.
• Sampat B, Drummond MF. Another special relationship? interactions between health technology policies and health care systems in the United States and the United Kingdom. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 2011;36:119-39.
• Sorenson C, Tarricone R, Siebert M, Drummond MF. Applying health economics for policy decision making: do devices differ from drugs? Europace Spotlight Supplement 2011;13:ii54-ii58.
• Walker S, Sculpher M, Drummond MF. The methods of cost-effectiveness analysis to inform decisions about the use of health care interventions and programmes. In: Smith PC, Glied S, editors. Oxford Handbook of Health Economics. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2011. p. 733-58.

2010

• Barbieri M, Drummond M, Rutten F, Cook J, Glick H, Lis J, Reed SD, Sculpher M, Severens J. on behalf of the ISPOR Good Research Practices Economic Data Transferability Task Force. What do international pharmacoeconomic guidelines say about economic data transferability? Value in Health 2010;13:1028-37.
• Luce B, Drummond M, Jonsson B, Neumann PJ, Schwartz JS, Siebert U, Sullivan SD. (The International Working Group for HTA Advancement ). EBM, HTA and CER: clearing the confusion. The Millbank Quarterly 2010;88(2):256-76.
• Mason A, Drummond M, Ramsey S, Campbell J, Raisch D. Comparison of anticancer drug coverage decisions in the United States and United Kingdom: does the evidence support the rhetoric? Journal of Clinical Oncology 2010;28(20):3234-38.
• Neumann PJ, Drummond M, Jonsson B, Luce BR, Schwartz JS, Siebert U, Sullivan S. Are Key Principles for improved health technology assessment supported and used by health technology assessment organizations? International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2010;26(1):71-78.
• Pichon-Riviere A, Augustovski F, Rubinstein A, Marti SG, Sullivan SD, Drummond M. Health technology assessment for resource allocation decisions: are key principles relevant for Latin America? . International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2010;26:421-27.
• Shemilt I, Mugford M, Vale L, Marsh K, Donaldson C, Drummond MF. Evidence synthesis, economics and public policy. Research Synthesis Methods 2010;1:126-135.

2009

• Augustovski F, Iglesias C, Manca A, Drummond M, Rubinstein A, Garcia Marti S. Barriers to generalizability of health economic evaluations in Latin America and the Caribbean region. Pharmacoeconomics 2009;27(11):919-29.
• Cookson R, Drummond M, Weatherly H. Explicit incorporation of equity considerations into economic evaluation of public health interventions. Health Economics Policy and Law. 2009;4(2):231-45.
• Cookson R, Drummond M, Weatherly H. Explicit incorporation of equity considerations into economic evaluation of public health interventions. Reply to Richardson and Shiell. Health Economics Policy and Law. 2009;4(2):261-263.
• Drummond M, Barbieri M, Cook J, Glick H, Lis J, Malik F, Reed S, Rutten F, Sculpher M, Severens J. Transferability of economic evaluations across jurisdictions: ISPOR Good Practices Task Force report. Value in Health. 2009;12:409-18.
• Drummond M, Brixner D, Gold M, Kind P, McGuire A, Nord E. Consensus Development Group (2009) Toward a consensus on the QALY. Value in Health 2009;12(Suppl1):S31-35.
• Weatherly H, Drummond M, Claxton K, Cookson R, Ferguson B, Godfrey C, Sculpher M, et al. Methods for assessing the cost-effectiveness of public health interventions: key challenges and recommendations. Health Policy 209;93:85-92. Download from elsevierhealth

2008

• Drummond M, Iglesias C, Cooper NJ. Systematic reviews and economic evaluations conducted for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellance in the United Kingdom: A game of two halves? International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 2008;24:146-50. Download from Cambridge Journals 
• Drummond MF, Schwartz JS, Jönsson B, Luce BR, Neumann PJ. Key principles for the improved conduct of health technology assessments for resource allocation decisions. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2008;24(3):244-58.
• Drummond M, Weatherly H, Ferguson B. Economic evaluation of health interventions: a broader perspective is needed that include potential cost and benefits for all stakeholders. British Medical Journal. 2008;337:a1204.
• Griffin S, Weatherly H, Richardson G, Drummond M. Methodological issues in undertaking independant cost-effectiveness analysis for NICE: the case of therapies for ADHD. The European Journal of Health Economics. 2008;9(2):137-45

2007

• Bansback N, Maetzel A, Drummond MF, Anis A, Marra C, Conway P, et al. Considerations and preliminary proposals for defining a reference case for economic evaluations in ankylosing spondylitis. The Journal of Rheumatology. 2007;34(5):1178-83.
• Drummond MF. Evidence for coverage decisions: the need for a reality check. Value in Health. 2007;10(5):321.
• Drummond MF. NICE: A nightmare worth having? Health Economics, Policy and Law. 2007;2(2):203-8.
• Drummond MF, Mason A. European perspective on the costs and cost-effectiveness of cancer therapies. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2007;25(2):191-5.
• Drummond MF, Wilson D, Kanavos P, Ubel P, Rovira J. Assessing the economic challenges posed by orphan drugs. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 2007;23(1):36-42.
• Hanratty B, Craig D, Nixon J, Rice S, Christie J, Drummond MF. Are the best available clinical effectiveness data used in economic evaluations of drug therapies? Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. 2007;12:(3):138-41

2006

• Drummond M, Sculpher M, Better analysis for better decisions: has pharmoeconomics come of age? Pharmacoeconomics 2006;24:107-108.
• Drummond M, Sculpher M. Better analysis for better decisions: facing up to the challenges. Pharmacoeconomics. 2006;24:1039-42.
• Mason A, Drummond MF, Towse A. Economic post-launch studies: matching the desirable with the feasible. London: Office of Health Economics; 2006 September.
• Sculpher MJ, Drummond MF. Analysis sans frontiers: can we ever make economic evaluations generalisable across jurisdictions? Pharmacoeconomics. 2006;24(11):1087-99.
• Sculpher MJ, Claxton K, Drummond MF, McCabe C. Whither trial-based economic evaluation for health care decision making. Health Economics, 2006;15:677-687.

2005

Mike’s most well known publication is his book on the Methods of Economic Evaluation, now in its third edition:

• Drummond MF, Sculpher MJ, Torrance GW, O'Brien BJ, Stoddart GL. Methods for the economic evaluation of health care programmes. Third edition: Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2005. 
• Barbieri M, Drummond MF, Willke R, Chancellor J, Jolain B, Towse A. Variability of cost-effectiveness estimates for pharmaceuticals in Western Europe: lessons for inferring generalizability. Value in Health 2005;8(1):10-23.
• Cooke J, Mason A, Drummond MF, Towse AK. Medication management in English National Health Service hospitals. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 2005;62:189-195.
• Drummond MF, Barbieri M, Wong, JB. Analytic choices in economic models of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis: what makes a difference? Medical Decision Making 2005;25(5):250-533.
• Drummond MF, Manca A, Sculpher MJ. Increasing the generalisability of economic evaluations: recommendations for the design, analysis and reporting of studies. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2005;21(2):165-171.
• Drummond MF, Sculpher MJ. Common methodological flaws in economic evaluations. Medical Care 2005;43(7 Suppl):115-14.
• Hawkins N, Epstein D, Drummond MF, Wilby J, Kainth A, Chadwick DM, et al. Assessing the cost-effectiveness of new pharmaceuticals in epilepsy in adults: the results of a probabilistic decision model. Medical Decision Making 2005;25:493-510.
• Mason A, Drummond MF, Hunter J, Towse A, Cooke J. An evaluation of prescribing incentive schemes: can they encourage cost-effective prescribing? Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 2005;5(2): 111-117.
• Wilby J, Kainth A, Hawkins N, Epstein D, McIntosh H, McDaid C, Mason A, Golder S, O'Meara S, Sculpher M, Drummond MF, Forbes C. A rapid and systematic review of the clinical effectiveness, tolerability and cost effectiveness of newer drugs for epilepsy in adults. Health Technology Assessment 2005;9(15):1-172.

2004

• Cook J, Drummond MF, Heyse JF. Economic endpoints in clinical trials. Statistical Methods in Medical Research 2004;13:157-176.
• Drummond MF. Economic evaluation in health care: is it really useful or are we just kidding ourselves? Australian Economic Review 2004;37(1):3-11.
• Mason A, Drummond MF, Towse A, Cooke J. Influencing prescribing in English primary care: the views of primary care organisations. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 2004;9(3):153-158.

2001-2003

• Drummond MF, Brown R, Fendrick M, Fullerton P, Neuman P, Taylor R, Barbieri M. Use of pharmacoeconomics information: report of the ISPOR task force on use of pharmacoeconomics/health economic information in health-care decision making. Value in Health 2003;6(4):407-416.
• Hoffmann C, Stoykova BA, Nixon J, Glanville JM, Misso K, Drummond MF. Do health-care decision makers find economic evaluations useful? The findings of focus group research in UK health authorities. Value in Health 2002;5(2):71-78.
• Mason J, Freemantle N, Nazareth I, Eccles M, Haines A, Drummond MF. When is it cost-effective to change the behavior of health professionals. JAMA 2001;286(23):2988-2992.

External activities

Invited talks and conferences

2011

• Despiégel N, Danchenko N, François C, Lensberg B, Drummond M. The use and performance of productivity scales to evaluate presenteeism in mood disorders. ISPOR 14th Annual European Congress, Madrid, 5-8 Nov 2011.
• Drummond M. Twenty Years of Using Economic Evaluations for Drug Reimbursement Decisions. What Have We Achieved? 33rd Australian Conference of Health Economists, Melbourne, Sept 2011.
• Drummond M. Economic Analysis in NICE Clinical Guidelines in the United Kingdom. International Health Economics Association (iHEA), Toronto, July 2011.
• Drummond M. Restricting Access to Healthcare: Is NICE Too Nasty?  Presentation to the Public Health Economics Group, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, May 2011.

2010

• Drummond M. Key Trends and Developments in HTA in Europe: searching for value. ISPOR 13th Annual European Congress, Prague, 6-8 Nov 2010.
• Drummond M. Pharmacoeconomics as a Discipline: past, present and future. College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Oct 2010.
• Drummond M. Putting Some Flesh on the Bones of Economic Evaluation in Osteoarthritis. University of Calgary, Canada, 27 Sept 2010.
• Drummond M. The Societal Perspective in the Evaluation of Public Health Programmes. 8th European Conference on Health Economics, Helsinki, July 2010.
• Drummond M. On the Economic Value of Orphan Drugs. 8th European Conference on Health Economics, Helsinki, July 2010.
• Drummond M. Are Orphan Drugs a Special Case? 8th European Conference on Health Economics, Helsinki, July 2010.
• Drummond M. The rise of technology evaluation in health economics.  Plenary presentation, Collège des Economistes de la Santé Conference, Paris, 19 March 2010.
• Drummond M. The NICE Approach to the Clinical and Cost-effectiveness of Healthcare Interventions. Presentation at a National Institutes of Health Workshop on the Economics of Nutritional Interventions in Washington DC, Feb 2010.
• Drummond M. NICEly Does it: Recent Developments in the Use of HTA in the United Kingdom. Presentation at a Health Policy Seminar,  Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, Feb 2010.