The NHS Health Economics Unit

About The NHS Health Economics Unit

We are the NHS Health Economics Unit, an NHS organisation hosted by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. We help leaders make better, data-driven decisions in health and care, across the public and private sectors, locally and internationally. - Bringing economic thinking to bear on the strategic challenges faced by health and care services - Assessing the likely (business case stage) and/or realised value (evaluation stage) of interventions/service changes/investment strategies by deploying budget impact, cost benefit, cost effectiveness and cost utility analyses - The application of econometrics to observational studies, causality analysis and predictive analysis - Health Technology Assessments and Integrated Impact Assessments - Developing the understanding of and real-world applicability/reliability of ‘impactability analysis’ at both individual and population levels - Advancing the application of machine learning and AI in addressing PHM challenges - Helping build the skills and understanding of these methods across the analytical and leadership communities of the NHS through provision of education activities and development of tools