Research Excellence Framework

The world-leading research undertaken by the Centre for Health Economics has been recognised in the results of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021).

CHE was part of a submission made jointly with the Department of Health Sciences, the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination and Hull York Medical School, and was ranked 9^th overall in the country for Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care. When the large number of researchers who contributed to the submission (92) was considered, the submission was ranked 6^th nationally. 

The results, which were published on 12^th May 2022, indicate that, overall, 95% of research was assessed as either ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’. 

The impact of our research beyond academia in terms of benefits in areas such as public policy was particularly notable. This was reviewed based on seven case-studies, with 6/7 considered ‘world leading’ and a ranking of 5^th in the country. 

The University of York in general performed well in REF 2021, being ranked 10th equal overall (up from 14^th in the last REF in 2014), with 93% of research judged as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’. This link provides more details.