Nigel Rice
Professor

Profile

Biography

Nigel Rice is Professor of Health Economics and Director of the Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) in the Centre for Health Economics.

His research interests focus on the application of quantitative techniques to the analysis of micro-data to inform health and health care policy through robust empirical evidence. Current research activities include investigating the determinants of health, socioeconomic inequality in health and health care, health care system performance, the evaluation of health and health care initiatives, and the allocation of NHS resources. HEDG is currently pursuing a programme of research within these themes funded through an Economic and Social Research Council Large Grant.

Nigel serves as a committee member for the Department of Health’s technical advisory group (TAG) for resource allocation its analytical sub-group for Payment by Results.  He is an editor of the Journal of Health Economics.

Curriculum vitae

Research

Overview

  • The application of quantitative techniques to the analysis of micro-data to inform health and health care policy through empirical evidence
  • Investigating the determinants of health
  • Socioeconomic inequality in health and health care
  • Health care system performance
  • The evaluation of health and health care initiatives
  • The allocation of NHS resources

Research group(s)

Grants

Current and recent grants:

  • Economic and Social Research Council
    • Large Grant Scheme:  Health, Econometrics and Data Group – Jan 2009 – Dec 2012
    • Public Services Programme:  International Comparison of Responsiveness using anchoring vignettes – Nov 2006 –April 2009
    • Simulation-based econometric approaches to investigating the interaction of health and lifestyles – 1999 – 2002
    • Using panel data to investigate the interaction of health and lifestyles – 1998-1999
    • Multilevel models in the presence of residual heterogeneity and their application to meta analyses – 1998-1999
  • Department of Health
    • Public Health Research Consortium (PHRC: lead University of York)  – 2005-2010
    • Review of the NHS need formula for resource allocation 2006-07 (CARAN Report)
    • Review of the Market Forces Factor  (lead HERU, Aberdeen) – 2005-2006
  • Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society (AGF): Health, retirement and inequality: can Germany and the UK learn from each other? 2004-2006

Supervision

Current PhD students (joint with Andrew Jones):

Completed PhD students:

  • Roberto Leon Gonzalez: Acceleration of Markov-chain Monte Carlo algorithms in Bayesian panel data models, with applications to the study of the relationships between socio-economic status and health (completed 2003)
  • Rodrigo Moreno-Serra: Policy evaluation and the PSF programme in Brazil (completed 2009)
  • Casey Quinn: The Health Economic Applications of Copulas: Methods in applied econometric research (completed 2007)
  • Silvana Robone: Essays in applied economics: Evidence on health and health care in Italy and the UK (completed 2008)
  • Eugenio Zucchelli: Essays in health and labour market outcomes (completed Dec 2009)
  • Mauro Laudicella: Econometric studies of hospital care utilization in England using administrative data (completed 2010)
  • Pedro Rosa Dias: Essays on inequality of opportunity in health and human development (completed 2010)
  • Paolo Li Donni: Modelling unobserved heterogeneity in health and health care: an extended latent class approach (completed 2010)

Publications

Full publications list

2013

  • Claxton K, Martin S, Soares M, Rice N, Spackman E, Hinde S, Devlin N, Smith PC, Sculpher M. Methods for the estimation of the NICE cost effectiveness threshold. Centre for Health Economics, University of York, CHE Research Paper 81 (PDF , 3,944kb)‌ 2013.

2012

  • Jones AM, Rice N, Bago d'Uva T, Balia S. Applied Health Economics (Second Edition). London: Routledge, 2012. Details here
  • Jones AM, Rice N, Contoyannis PC. The dynamics of health. In: Jones AM, editor. Elgar Companion to Health Economics (second Edition). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar; 2012.
  • Jones AM, Rice N, Robone S. A comparison of parametric and non-parametric adjustments using vignettes for self-reported data. Health Economics and Data Group (HEDG), University of York 2012;12/10. Download from HERC
  • Jones AM, Rice N, Rosa-Dias P. Quality of schooling and inequality of opportunity in health. Empirical Economics 2012;42(2):369-394.
  • Martin S, Rice N, Smith PC. Comparing costs and outcomes across programmes of healthcare. Health Economics 2012;21(3):316-337.
  • Rice N, Robone S, Smith P. Vignettes and health systems responsiveness in cross-country comparative analyses. The Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A 2012;175(2):1-21.

  • Zucchelli E, Jones AM, Rice N. The evaluation of health policies through dynamic microsimulation methods. International Journal of Microsimulation 2012;5(1):2-20.

2011

  • Dixon J, Smith PC, Gravelle H, Martin S, Bardsley M, Rice N, Georghiou T, Dusheiko M, Billings J, De Lorenzo M, Sanderson C. A person based formula for allocating commissioning funds to general practices in England: development of a statistical model. British Medical Journal 2011;DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d6608.

  • Dusheiko M, Gravelle H, Martin S, Rice N, Smith PC. Does better disease management in primary care reduce hospital costs? Centre for Health Economics, University of York; CHE Research Paper 65 (PDF , 315kb)‌‎ 2011.

  • Dusheiko M, Gravelle H, Martin S, Rice N, Smith PC. Does disease management in primary care reduce hospital costs? Evidence from English primary care. Journal of Health Economics 2011;30(5):919-32.
  • Gravelle H, Dusheiko M, Martin S, Smith P, Rice N, Dixon J. Modelling individual patient hospital expenditure for general practice budgets. Centre for Health Economics, University of York; CHE Research Paper 73 (PDF , 358kb)‌‎ 2011.

  • Jones AM, Laporte A, Rice N, Zucchelli E. A model of the impact of smoking bans on smoking with evidence from bans in England and Scotland. Health Economics and Data Group (HEDG), University of York 2011;11/05. Download from HERC 

  • Jones AM, Lomas J, Rice N. Applying beta-type size distributions to healthcare cost regressions. Health Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG),University of York 2011;11/31. Download from HERC 
  • Jones AM, Rice N, Rosa Dias P. Long-term effects of schooling quality on health and lifestyle: Evidence from comprehensive schooling reforms in England. Journal of Human Capital 2011;5(3):342-76.

  • Jones AM, Rice N, Robone S, Rosa-Dias P. Inequality and polarisation in health systems' responsiveness: a cross-country analysis. Journal of Health Economics 2011;30(4):616-25.  

  • Rice N, Robone S, Smith PC. Analysis of the validity of the vignette approach to correct for heterogeneity in reporting health system responsiveness. The European Journal of Health Economics 2011;12(2):141-62.
  • Robone S, Jones AM, Rice N. Contractual conditions, working conditions, health and well-being in the British Household Panel Survey. The European Journal of Health Economics 2011;12(5):429-44.
  • Robone S, Rice N, Smith P. Health systems` responsiveness and its characteristics: a cross-country comparative analysis. Health Services Research 2011;46(6):2079-100.

2010

  • Garcia Gomez P, Jones AM, Rice N. Health effects on labour market exits and entries. Labour Economics 2010;17:62-76.
  • Griffin S, Rice N, Sculpher M. Economic evaluation of public health interventions. In: Killoran A, Kelly M, editors. Evidence-based public health: effectiveness and efficiency. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2010.
  • Jones AM, Rice N, Roberts J. Sick of work or too sick to work? evidence on self-reported health shocks and early retirement from the BHPS. Economic Modelling 2010;27:866-880.
  • Jones AM, Rice N, Roberts J. Early retirement among men in Britain and Germany: how important is health?  . The Geneva papers on risk and insurance: issues and practice (Special Issue on Health and Ageing) 2010;35:644-67.
  • Jones AM, Rice N, Rosa-Dias P. Quality of schooling and inequality of opportunity in health. Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG), University of York 2010;10/22. Download from HERC
  • Jones AM, Rice N, Rosa-Dias P. Long-term effects of cognitive skills, social adjustment and schooling on health and lifestyle: Evidence from a reform of selective schooling. Health Economics and Data Group (HEDG), University of York Working Paper 2010;10/11. Download from HERC
  • Jones AM, Rice N, Robone S, Rosa-Dias P. Inequality and polarisation in health systems' responsiveness: a cross-country analysis. Health Economics and Data Group (HEDG), University of York working Paper 2010;10/27. Download from HERC
  • Parkin D, Devlin N, Rice N. Statistical analysis of EQ-5D profiles: does the use of value sets bias inference? Medical Decision Making 2010;30:556-565.
  • Rice N, Robone S, Smith PC. International comparison of public sector performance: the use of anchoring vignettes to adjust self-reported data. Evaluation 2010;16:81-101.
  • Zucchelli E, Harris A, Jones AM, Rice N. Health shocks and labour market exits: evidence from the HILDA Survey  Australian Journal of Labour Economics 2010;13(2):191-218.
  • Zucchelli E, Jones AM, Rice N. The evaluation of health policies through microsimulation methods. Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG), University of York Working Paper 10/03; 2010. Download from HEDG

2009

  • Elliot B, Sutton M, Ma A, McConnachie A, Morris S, Rice N, Skatun D. The role of the MFF in distributing NHS funding: taking account of differences in local labour market conditions Health Economics 2009;19(5):532-548.
  • Hagan R, Jones AM, Rice N. Health and retirement in Europe. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) 2009;6:2676-95.
  • Laudicella M, Cookson R, Jones AM, Rice N. Health care deprivation profiles in the measurement of inequality and inequity: an application to GP fundholding in the English NHS. Journal of Health Economics 2009;28:1048-61. 
  • Valentine N, Prasad A, Rice N, Robone S, Chatterji S. Health systems responsiveness: a measure of the acceptability of health-care processes and systems from the user's perspective. In: Smith PC, Mossialos E, Papanicolas I, Leatherman S, editors. Performance measurement for health system improvement: Cambridge University Press; 2009.
  • Vallejo-Torres L, Morris S, Carr-Hill R, Dixon P, Law M, Rice N, Sutton M. Can regional resourde shares be based only on prevalence data? an empirical investigation of the proprtionality assumption. Social Science Medicine 2009;69:1634-42.
  • Weatherly H, Drummond M, Claxton K, Cookson R, Ferguson B, Godfrey C, Rice N, Sculpher M, Sowden A. Methods for assessing the cost-effectiveness of public health interventions: key challenges and recommendations. Health Policy 2009;93:85-92.

2008

  • Hagan R, Jones AM, Rice N. Health shocks and the hazard rate of early retirement in the ECHP. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2008;144(3):323-35.
  • Hernandez-Quevedo C, Jones AM, Rice N. Dynamics of health in Europe. Journal of Health Economics 2008;27(6):1472-88.
  • Jones AM, Hernandez-Quevedo C, Rice N, Lopez Nicolas A. The analysis of health inequalities: a brief overview of methods. Cuadernos Economicos del ICE. 2008;75:11-20.
  • Jones AM, Hernandez-Quevedo C, Rice N. Reporting bias and heterogeneity in self-assessed health: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey. Cuadernos Economicos del ICE. 2008;75:63-97.
  • Martin S, Rice N, Smith PC. The link between health care spending and health outcomes for the new English Primary Care Trusts. Centre for Health Economics, University of York; CHE Research Paper 42 (PDF , 746kb)‌‎ 2008.
  • Martin S, Rice N, Smith PC. Does health care spending improve health outcomes? Evidence from English programme budgeting data. Journal of Health Economics. 2008;27(4):826-42.
  • Morris S, Ma A, McConnachie A, Rice N, Skatun D, Sutton M. Analysis of consultants' NHS and private incomes in england in 2003/4: the role of age contract type, specialty and region of place of work. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2008;101:372-80.

2007

  • Jones AM, Rice N, Bago d'Uva T, Balia S (eds). Applied Health Economics. London: Routledge, pp335, 2007. 
  • Manca A, Lambert PC, Sculpher M, Rice N. Cost-effectiveness analysis using data from multinational trials: the use of bivariate hierarchical modelling. Medical Decision Making. 2007;27:471-90. Download from Sage Journals Online
  • Martin S, Rice N, Jacobs R, Smith PC. The market for elective surgery: Joint estimation of supply and demand. Journal of Health Economics. 2007;26(2):263-85.
  • Martin S, Rice N, Smith PC. Further evidence on the link between health care spending and health outcomes in England. Centre for Health Economics, University of York; CHE Research Paper 32 (PDF , 361kb)‌‎  2007.
  • Martin S, Rice N, Smith PC. The link between health care spending and health outcomes: evidence from English programme budgeting data. Centre for Health Economics, University of York; CHE Research Paper 24 (PDF , 362kb)‌‎ , 2007.
  • Rice N, Roberts J, Jones AM. Sick of work or too sick to work? Evidence on health shocks and early retirement from the BHPS. University of Sheffield; Sheffield Economics Research Paper 207/002. 2007.
  • Zucchelli E, Harris A, Jones AM, Rice N. Health and retirement among older workers. Health Economics and Data Group (HEDG), University of York Working Paper 07/19. 2007. Download from HERC

2006

  • Hagan R, Jones AM, Rice N. Health and retirement in Europe.  Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG), University of York, Working Paper 06/10. 2006. Download from HERC 
  • Hernández -Quevedo C, Jones AM, Lopez Nicolás A, Rice N. Socio-economic inequalities in health: a comparative longitudinal analysis using the European Community Household Panel. Social Science and Medicine. 2007;63:1246-61.
  • Jones AM, van Doorslaer E, Bago d’Uva T, Balia S, Gambin L, Hernandez Quevedo C, Koolman X, Rice N. Health and wealth: empirical findings and political consequences.  Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik; 2006;7(Special Issue):1-20.
  • Jones AM, Rice N, Contoyannis P. The dynamics of health. In: Jones AM, editor. Elgar Companion to Health Economics. Part I, Chapter 2: Edward Elgar; 2006.
  • Jones AM, Koolman X, Rice N. Health-related non-response in the British Household Panel Survey and European Community Household Panel: using inverse-probability-weighted estimators in non-linear models. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A. 2006;169(3):1-27.

2005

  • Hernandez-Quevedo C, Jones A, Rice N. Reporting bias and heterogeneity in self-assessed health: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey. Ecuity lll working paper 19 Health Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Paper 05/04: York; 2005. Download from HERC
  • Hernandez-Quevedo C, Jones A, Lopez Nicolas A, Rice N. Socio-economic inequalities in health: a comparative longitudinal analysis using the European Community Household Panel. York: Ecuity lll working paper 31 & Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) working paper 05/12; 2005. Download from HERC
  • Jones A, Koolman X, Rice N. Health-related non-response in the BHPS and ECHP using inverse probability weighted estimators in non-linear models.York. ECuity III working paper no 18 & Health Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) working paper 05/05; 2005. Download from HERC
  • Manca A, Rice N, Sculpher MJ, Briggs AH. Assessing generalisability by location in trial based cost effectiveness analysis: the use of multilevel models. Health Economics 2005;14(5):471-485.
  • Rice N. The labour supply of nurses in the UK: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey. York: Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) working paper 05/10; 2005. Download from HERC

2004

  • Jones AM, Rice N. Using longitudinal data to investigate socio-economic inequality in health. In: Health policy and economics: opportunities and challenges. Smith PC, Ginnelly L, Sculpher M. (eds.). Berkshire, Open University Press. 2004.
  • Contoyannis P, Jones AM, Rice N. Simulation-based inference in dynamic panel probit models: an application to health.  In: Panel data: theory and applications. Baltagi BH. (ed.). Heidelberg, Physica-Verlag. 2004.
  • Contoyannis P, Jones AM, Rice N. The dynamics of health in the British Household Panel Survey. Journal of Applied Econometrics 2004;19:473-503.
  • Hauck K, Rice N. A longitudinal analysis of mental health mobility in Britain. Health Economics. 2004;13:981-1001.
  • Contoyannis P, Jones AM, Rice N. Simulation-based inference in dynamic panel probit models: an application to health. Empirical Economics 2004;29(1):49-77.
  • Parkin D, Rice N, Jacoby A, Doughty J. Use of a visual analogue scale in a daily patient diary: modelling cross-sectional time-series data on health-related quality of life. Social Science and Medicine 2004;59(2):351-360.

2003

  • Hauck K, Rice N. Health mobility in the UK: a longitudinal analysis of psychological well-being. Equity III Working paper No. 9; 2003.
  • Hauck K, Rice N, Smith P. The influence of health care organisations on health system performance. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 2003;8(2):68-74.
  • Martin S, Jacobs R, Rice N, Smith PC. The UK evidence on waiting for health care: a summary. CHE Policy Briefing paper: York: Centre for Health Economics; 2003.

2002

  • Brazier J, Rice N, Roberts J. Modelling health state valuation data. In: Murray CJL, Saloman JA, Mathers CD, Lopez AD, editors. Summary measures of population health: concepts, ethics, measurement and applications: Geneva: World Health Organization; 2002.
  • Parkin D, Rice N, Sutton MA. Non- and semi-parametric estimation of age and time heterogeneity in repeated cross-sections: an application to self-reported morbidity and general practitioner utilization. In: Jones AM, O'Donnell O, editors. Innovations in econometric analysis of health and health care: Chichester: John Wiley & Sons; 2002.
  • Rice N, Smith PC. Strategic resource allocation and funding decisions. In: Mossialos E, Dixon A, Figueras J, Kutzin J, editors. Funding health care: options for Europe: Open University Press; 2002.
  • Robinson M, Manning R, Petticrew M, Rice N, Sculpher MJ, Sheldon T. Technological change in heart attack care in England. In: McClellan M, Kessler D, editors. Technological change in health care: a global analysis of heart attack: Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press;
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Contact details

Nigel Rice
Professor
Centre for Health Economics

External activities

Invited talks and conferences

2011 

  • N Rice. S Robone. PC Smith. Vignettes and health systems responsiveness in cross-country comparative analyses. Paper read before an ordinary meeting of the royal statistical society, international statistical institute conference, Dublin, August, 2011, presented by Nigel Rice and Peter Smith.
  • AM Jones. N Rice. E Zucchelli. A dynamic structural model of lifetime smoking, health and addiction.  iHEA Toronto, July 2011, presented by Eugenio Zucchelli
  • AM Jones. N Rice. S Robone. P Rosa Dias. Inequality and polarisation in health systems' responsiveness: a cross-country analysis.  iHEA Toronto, July 2011, presented by Nigel Rice
  • AM Jones. N Rice. S Robone. Parametric and non-parametric methods to adjust self-reported health status for reporting heterogeneity: a comparative analysis. iHEA Toronto, July 2011.