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Centre for Health Economics

A ground-breaking research institute with global impact.

With around 70 economists, the Centre for Health Economics (CHE) is a research institute with an international profile, producing policy-relevant research that advances the use of health economics to improve population health and wellbeing.

CHE publishes widely and disseminates its research in accessible ways. The Centre seeks to develop health economics through innovative methods research and a series of training courses. We carry out cutting-edge methodological and applied research. We have excellent staff and offer popular workshops and short courses in all aspects of health economics.

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We provide evidence and new ways of thinking which help policymakers allocate limited resources effectively. Health economics isn’t just about evaluating the costs and benefits of a new drug, service or policy. It’s also about understanding the impact of these decisions on patients who miss out when resources are allocated elsewhere, and how the costs and benefits of health and social care are distributed across the population.

Professor Mark Sculpher, Head of Department for the Centre for Health Economics

Shaping health economics since 1983
Policy influence in all continents
We hold the Athena Swan silver award
We are developing the tools of research

Research themes

The health and social care sectors are a major part of society, touching everybody’s lives at some time, employing thousands of people and consuming considerable resources. Investigating the factors that determine our health and well being is key to ensuring the appropriate provision of care.

Difficult decisions have to be made on a daily basis, including: the choice of treatments provided; the way the health and social care system should be organised, paid for and monitored; how to reward the workforce; the role of patients and the public in the health and social care system.

CHE’s research provides analytical frameworks and evidence to guide these decisions, organised across several key themes:

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Our impact

Find out how CHE's research is making a real difference to patients and health practitioners across the world:

Study with us

We offer a range of study options including workshops and short programmes for continuous professional development, and opportunities to study for a PhD.

Find out about our short courses

Find out about our postgraduate programmes

Events and seminars

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Thursday 12 March 2026 11.15am

Speaker: Ulises Garay, Centre for Health Economics

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Tuesday 14 April 2026 2.10pm

Speaker: Sabin Subedi, University of Strathclyde Glasgow

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Thursday 16 April 2026 2pm

Speaker: George Stoye, Deputy Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies

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Tuesday 5 May 2026 2.10pm

Speakers: Susan O'Meara and Rob Hodgson, CRD University of York

News

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10 March 2026

Reader in Global Health, Dr Itamar Megiddo, reflects on his journey into health economics and his research on incorporating health system complexity into economic evaluation at CHE.

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10 March 2026

Read the latest short summaries of CHE's recently published research.

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9 March 2026

CHE Project Manager Tracy Dancer shares her career journey across higher education and her work supporting the NIHR-funded Support2Work project.

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6 March 2026

Research Trainee Jinhyun Kim shares his journey into health economics and his current research at CHE on healthcare expenditure and outcomes.

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4 February 2026

Take your health economics expertise to the next level with CHE and LSHTM’s 5.5-week Decision Modelling Foundations course, offering flexible online learning, live Q&A sessions, and hands-on practical exercises in Excel or R.

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2 February 2026

Major new NIHR investment is expanding community-led mental health research in high-need areas, with CHE researchers playing a key role in tackling mental health inequalities through health economics.

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26 January 2026

Our latest CHE research paper is now published

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23 January 2026

Professor Karen Bloor will succeed Professor Mark Sculpher as Head of CHE.