The City Health Economics Centre (CHEC) is dedicated to advancing research focused on the evaluating the performance of health care systems and determinants of health, using advanced quantitative research methods.
CHEC members use a wide range of experimental and non-experimental approaches to analyse research questions of policy relevance. CHEC is collaboration between health economists based in the Department of Economics and the School of Health & Medical Sciences.
Research at CHEC has a strong basis in the discipline of economics and is informed by theoretical and empirical developments in microeconomics and econometrics applied to health and health care.
CHEC has well established links with the Office of Health Economics (OHE) in joint research grant applications, academic projects, policy collaborations and enterprise opportunities.
Activities
CHEC organises a monthly seminar series where staff members based at City St George's, University of London and researchers from other academic and non-academic organisations from inside and outside City St George's, University of London present their latest research.
CHEC leads and coordinates the organisation of the London Health Economics Group (LHEG) seminar series, a research forum for health economists across London to present and discuss works in progress and ideas. The Centre frequently organises other academic events such as workshops, round tables and conferences. The centre will resume its dedicated seminar research series soon.
Researchers and academic staff at CHEC have produced high quality research work on a wide range of health economics topics. We have received research grants from MacMillan Cancer Support, The Health Foundation, British Academy, ESRC and NIHR.
Our current research programme includes the following main themes:
- Analysis of the English National Health Service
- The impact of macroeconomic shocks on health outcomes and wellbeing
- Health outcomes measurement and valuation
- Adaptation to health states
- Inequalities in health and health access
- Vaccine hesitancy and vaccination strategies
- Health technology adoption and diffusion
- Healthcare workforce wellbeing and retention
- Pharmaceutical R&D and competition
- Economic evaluation of new health care technologies
- Health behaviours and lifestyle decision making
- Intimate partner violence and health outcomes
- Maternal working patterns and children’s wellbeing
- Effects of health care reforms in developed and Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs)
- Child and maternal health in developed and LMICs
- Migration and health.
People
- Dr Victoria Serra-Sastre, Director
- Dr Dagmara Celik Katreniak
- Dr Maria Cubel
- Dr Giulia Faggio
- Dr Kyriaki Giorgakoudi
- Dr Bansi Malde
- Prof Emmanouil Mentzakis
- Prof Alice Mesnard
- Dr Nicolas Navarrete Hernandez
- Dr Charitini Stavropoulou
- Dr Agne Suziedelyte
City Health Economics Centre
Visit the Centre’s research microsite for more information about the Centre, including areas of research, projects and related activities.