Economics in the NIHR
Economics has become firmly embedded within NIHR’s activities. It is one of the methodologies supported by the NIHR’s capacity-building activities and economists are now expected to be involved in most infrastructure, programme and project funding.
The NIHR has core areas of focus, including economic modelling, cost-effectiveness analysis, resource allocation and priority setting, and health technology assessment. Creating a network for health economists will allow its members to:
- share best practice around NIHR economics areas of focus
- provide details of ongoing and completed work
- develop new collaborations.