Dr James Lomas
Lecturer

Profile

Biography

When I tell people that I am a health economist, it often evokes a strong reaction. Some people find the idea that economics and health can go together is strange, while others baulk at the challenges that the economics of health presents. It's true that normative value judgements are crucial in health, but it's also true that there is a role for economics, that economics concepts such as opportunity cost are vitally important, and that there are a number of empirical questions that need to be answered in order to inform evidence-based decision-making and policy-setting.

Research

Overview

Publications

Selected publications

• Accounting for Country- and Time-Specific Values in the Economic Evaluation of Health-Related Projects Relevant to low- and Middle-Income Countries
• A Health Opportunity Cost Threshold for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in the United States
• Estimating the marginal productivity of the English National Health Service from 2003 to 2012
• Incorporating affordability concerns within cost-effectiveness analysis for health technology assessment
• Healthcare Cost Regressions: Going Beyond the Mean to Estimate the Full Distribution

Teaching

Postgraduate