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Welcome to The Centre for Health Economics (CHE) web site
Health economics has emerged over the past 30 years as a major branch of economics that has enabled researchers to influence the way we think about the determinants of health, and how we approach the organization and delivery of health care. The University of York pioneered the development of health economics in the UK, and in 1983 created the Centre for Health Economics (CHE), which is now one of the largest and best known health economics research centres in the world. CHE operates across all areas of the discipline, with a particular emphasis on methodological thinking and high policy impact. It is known especially for its work in health technology assessment, health status measurement, performance measurement and productivity, health care financing, and econometric methodology. CHE's research is organized into seven broad themes:
Economic evaluation of health technologies
Econometric methods
Health care financing, expenditure and purchasing
Health system design and reform
Performance assessment
Population health
Equity in health and health care
On 29 December 2009 Geoff Hardman, a good friend and a long-term colleague of CHE, died at St Leonard's Hospice in York. Geoff contributed enormously to the research at CHE and also to the wider community at the University of York. He will be sadly missed by all those who knew him. More information.
Latest...
CHE Research Paper 55. Does cost-effectiveness analysis discriminate against patients with short life expectancy? Matters of logic and matters of context. Details here.
Susan Griffin and Stephen Palmer have been appointed to serve three year terms on the Technology Appraisal Committee of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
CHE Research Paper 54. Appropriate perspectives for health care decisions. Details here and Press Release
HEDG are running a 3 day computer based couse, an Introduction to applied Health Economics in April 2010. More details here
CHE in the news. The link between ill-health and retirement age varies markedly across European countries, according to new research from the University of York. Details here
The latest CHE electronic newsletter to inform policy makers, researchers and practitioners about recent developments at the Centre. Available here.
Announcing the 2010 York Expert Workshops - bookings now being taken. Details here
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