Santiago Palacio Ciro
PhD Student

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Biography

Santiago is a PhD student affiliated with the Health and Social Care Policy theme based at the Centre for Health Economics (CHE). His research focuses on exploring how hospital providers trade off quality of care against length of stay. His PhD studentship is supported by the NIHR Policy Research Unit in the Economics of Health and Social Care Systems (ESHCRU).

Prior to joining CHE, he worked as a Research Assistant on a stated preferences project at the Health Economics Research Unit (HERU), University of Aberdeen. He has also served as a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank, the Colombian Ministry of Health and the Superintendence of Industry. In these roles, he participated in public policy-related projects aimed primarily at promoting access to health technologies.

Santiago completed an MSc in Health Economics at the University of York, where he undertook a placement with the North East London NHS, focusing on determining the impact of a set of primary care interventions on glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. He holds a BSc in Economics from Universidad de Antioquia, where he received an award for his dissertation on biofuels policy in Colombia.

His research interests include health policy, access to medicines, and the application of microeconometric techniques to conduct analyses in Health Economics that may enhance social welfare.