Health Economics Resource Center (HERC)
HERC is a national center located in Menlo Park, CA that assists VA researchers in assessing the cost-effectiveness of medical care, evaluating the efficiency of VA programs and providers, and conducting high-quality health economics research.
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recent news
December 22, 2009
The HERC Bulletin (Vol 9 , Iss 3) is now available for download.
December 3, 2009
HERC's "Conducting Cost-Effectiveness Analysis with VA Data" course starts January 6, 2010
October 26, 2009
Guidebook for the HERC Person Level Cost Data Sets FY1998 – FY2008 has been updated. Download available.
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training - courses
Conducting Cost-Effectiveness Analysis with VA Data
February 10, 2010 • Jean Yoon, Ph.D.
Inpatient and Outpatient Costs from DSS
Slides coming soon
February 24, 2010 • Mark Smith, Ph.D.
Pharmacy Costs
Slides coming soon
March 10, 2010 • Mark Smith, Ph.D.
Estimating Cost for Non-VA Utilization in a Research Study
Slides coming soon
March 24, 2010 • Gillian Sanders, Ph.D.
Creating a Decision Model
Slides coming soon
April 7, 2010 • Patsi Sinnott, P.T., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Introduction to Effectiveness, Patient Preferences and Utilities
Slides coming soon
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