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Latest HERU Blog post. HERU Explains...DCEs.
The latest HERU Blog post has been posted. In the Blog we introduce the first of our 'HERU Explains...' video series. We'll use the 'HERU Explains...' series to briefly introduce some of the economic tools and concepts we use in health economics. In the video, we explain how we use Discrete Choice Experiments (DCEs)...
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May issue of the HERU newsletter
The May issue of the HERU newsletter has been published. In the newsletter we feature the recent 7th Annual Research Symposium event, which this year focused on evidence for value in an era of realistic medicine, and highlight three new projects that address the realistic medicine agenda of the Scottish...
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Healthy eating research featured on latest HERU Blog post
The latest HERU Blog post is a short video we've produced on HERU research around healthy eating. The Blog post is timed to mark the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) Healthy Eating Week which runs from 10th to 14th June 2019. This is a dedicated week to encourage healthy eating and...
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HERU Blog post on patient follow-up after surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm
We have a new HERU Blog post highlighting research indicating that ultrasound scans offer the best value for money to follow up patients after surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm. The blog post looks at the findings from an evidence synthesis and economic evaluation on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of using contrast-enhanced...
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HERU Blog post on Genetic testing for children with rare disorders
Our latest HERU blog has been posted. To mark Undiagnosed Children’s Day we feature our on-going research on genetic testing for children with rare diseases. Our work, in collaboration with the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of Aberdeen and the Scottish Genomes Partnership (SGP), aims to place children and...
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HERU Blog post on putting men's preferences at the centre of the patient-doctor relationship
A HERU Blog post has been published highlighting some recently funded research. The research aims to promote shared decision making for prostate cancer treatment and has been funded by The Urology Foundation. The work will develop a Decision Aid Tool to help patients with localised prostate cancer decide which treatment is...
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2018 HERU Annual Report
The 2018 HERU Annual Report has been published. The report highlights some key achievements over 2018, provides an overview of the Unit’s activities and details the research we are undertaking across the Unit’s four research themes. It also details our publications, the projects we are working on, and our capacity...
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January 2019 HERU Newsletter
The January 2019 issue of the HERU newsletter has been published. The newsletter highlights our new HERU Blog, which we launched in January and which aims to communicate our policy-relevant research, and also features: A spotlight on our research on time and risk preferences in medical decision making. Updates on our short...
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Minimum Unit Pricing blog post
The second HERU Blog post has been published. The post is a short video highlighting the findings of HERU research on the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing of alcohol. The research has been published in the Nordic Journal of Health Economics and uses data on household’s weekly off-sales alcohol purchases...
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HERU Blog launched
The new HERU Blog has been launched. The first post is a short video introduction to HERU from our Director, Professor Mandy Ryan. We've launched the Blog as another method of communicating our research. The first post is a video and we aim to use different formats to provide concise summaries of...