Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D)

The VA Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) service supports research on innovative strategies that lead to accessible, high quality, and cost-effective care for veterans and the nation. The Health Economics Resource Center (HERC) receives core support from HSR&D to act as a national center that helps VA researchers determine the cost of VA care, assess cost-effectiveness, and evaluate the efficiency of VA programs and providers. HERC operates an economics consulting service for VA researchers. It offers a health economics course and seminars. HERC works to improve methods and data available to VA economics researchers. HERC develops micro-costing methods, evaluates VA cost and utilization databases, estimates the cost of all VA health care encounters, and analyzes VA Decision Support System (DSS) cost data. HERC publishes guidebooks, technical reports, and a bulletin.

HERC economists conduct investigator-initiated research funded by VA Health Service Research and Development Service. They also assist with cost-effectiveness analysis in projects funded by HSR&D and the HSR&D Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) program.

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Investigator	Title	Study No.	Start	End
Smith	Resources for Economic Evaluation of HSR&D QUERI	HSRD TRA 05-081	2/1/2005	1/31/2008
Barnett	Resource Center Cyber-Seminar Program Supplemental Funding	HSRD CYS 05-183	10/1/2004	9/30/2006
Yu	End of Life Care: Medical Treatments and Costs by Age, Race, and Region	HSRD IIR 02-189	4/1/2003	3/30/2006
Barnett	Estimating the Cost of Specialized VA Treatment for Substance Use Disorders	HSRD ECN 02-236	10/1/2002	9/30/2004
Barnett	Clinical Practices and Outcomes in VA Methadone Maintenance Programs	HSRD SUS 99-026	7/1/2000	6/30/2004