Introducing the Health, Econometrics and Data Group

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Introducing the Health, Econometrics and Data
Group
www.york.ac.uk/res/herc/hedg
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Who we are
At its core, HEDG is comprised of Nigel, Andrew
Jones and a bunch of PhD students.
HEDG is comprised of internal, external and PhD
affiliates, who participate in collaborative
research as well as the HEDG seminar and working
paper series.
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Who we are
Nigel Rice - Director Andrew Jones - Research
Director
Affiliated PhD Students
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Who we are
Internal Affiliates
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Who we are
External Affiliates
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Where we are
Andrew Jones Luigi Siciliani Silvia
Balia Cristina Hernández Quevedo Anderson Eduardo
Stanciole Lynn Gambin Dolores Jiménez Rubio
Internal
Matthew Bending
Nigel Rice Richard Cookson Hugh Gravelle Rowena
Jacobs Giorgia Marini Andrew Street Adriana
Castelli Mark Dusheiko Arne Risa Hole Andrea
Manca Pedro Rosa Dias Casey Quinn Rodrigo Moreno
Serra Edit Velenyi Teresa Bago d'Uva Silvana
Robone Peter Sivey Sandra Sosa-Rubi Eugenio
Zucchelli
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Where we are
Hans Olav Melberg Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen
John Wildman
External
Fabrice Etilé
Miaw-Chwen Lee
Partha Deb
Ángel López Nicolás
Owen ODonnell
Eddy Van Doorslaer Stéphanie van der Geest Xander
Koolman Maarten Lindeboom Francesco
Paolucci Marco Varkevisser Wynand van de Ven
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What we do

• Applied Microeconometrics in health and health
  care
• longitudinal analysis of panel data (BHPS, ECHP,
  WHS, etc)
• inequalities in health and health care
• effect of income on retirement and health
• NHS labour-market forces factor
• impact of health on labour market outcomes
• responsiveness of health systems

Nigel

• Applied Microeconometrics in health and health
  care
• longitudinal analysis of panel data (BHPS, ECHP,
  WHS, etc)
• inequalities in health and health care
• impact of health on economic behaviour
• health care utilitisation and provision

Andrew
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What we do

• Applied microeconometrics and health economics
• socioeconomic inequality in health care
  utilisation in Europe
• reporting heterogeneity bias and health
  inequality measurement
• latent class models for utilisation of primary
  care

Teresa

• Impact assessment of health programmes using
  experimental and non-experimental data (analysing
  Brazils Programa Saude da Familia (Family
  Health Programme)
• economic evaluation of health care programmes
  and treatments
• social choice in the health sector

Rodrigo

• copulas and measures of dependence and
  distribution
• lifestyles, health and mortality
• cost-effectiveness analysis and economic
  evaluation
• horizontal health inequity

Casey
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What we do

• dynamic and static micro-simulation of health
  economies (health inequality and mobility)
• distributional impact(s) of policy change(s) in
  developed countries
• poverty and inequality measurement

Eugenio
Silvana

• geographical inequalities in health and health
  care
• (geographical) patients mobility and mortality
• applied industrial theory in the health care
  industry

Pedro

• alternative conceptualisation of inequality
• measuring inequality of opportunity in health
• applying stochastic dominance techniques to
  inequality measurement

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What we do

• Measurement of socioeconomic inequalities in
  health in the European Union
• Reporting bias in ordered models of
  self-assessed health
• Dynamic Panel Data models for morbidity in the
  European Union

Cristina

• Discrete-choice models
• duration analysis
• Inequalities in health
• mortality, expected longevity, health and
  lifestyle

Silvia
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What we do
HEDG seminar series

• The HEDG seminar series is an important
  collaborative link between individuals interested
  in quantitative aspects of health economics at
  York, and visitors from the national and
  international research community. Particularly
  for
• linking complementary research ideas and skills
• presentation and discussion of preliminary work,
  including work by PhD students, in an informal
  environment
• active dissemination of recent research
• providing peer review of draft papers and
  research proposals
• providing a focal point for contacts with
  similar research groups or individuals in the
  wider research community.

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What we do
HEDG working paper series
WP 06/03 Does reporting heterogeneity bias the
measurement of health disparities? WP 06/02
Solidarity in competitive markets for
supplementary health insurance an empirical
analysis WP 06/01 Why do patients bypass the
nearest hospital? An empirical analysis for
orthopaedics care and neurosurgery in the
Netherlands WP 05/14 Health shocks, employment
and income in the Spanish labour market WP 05/13
Generalisable regression methods for
cost-effectiveness using copulasWP 05/12
Socioeconomic inequalities in health a
comparative longitudinal analysis using the
European Community Household PanelWP 05/11 Does
onset or quality of prenatal care matter more for
infant health?WP 05/10 The labour supply of
nurses in the UK evidence from the British
Household Panel Survey.
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Coming up
The Marie Curie Training Programme in Applied
Health Economics
http//www.york.ac.uk/res/herc/APPHEC

• The aims of the Marie Curie Training Programme in
  Applied Health Economics are
• to introduce young professional to the main
  techniques used in applied health economics
• to provide practical experience with the
  application of such techniques
• to instil a code of good practice in the
  analysis of health data that will permeate the
  profession

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Coming up
Public services international comparison of
responsiveness using anchoring vignettes

• Using the WHOs World Health Survey, Nigel (and
  Peter Smith) will examine
• its suitability for cross-national comparison of
  health system performance
• the use of self-reported measures of health
  system responsiveness as an appropriate measure
  of health system performance
• the use of anchoring vignettes to control for
  differential and systematic reporting of health
  system responsiveness
• socio-economic and demographic determinants of
  health system responsiveness
• drivers of reporting heterogeneity in
  cross-national comparative research on health
  system performance