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Dr Andy Healey

Senior Health Economist

Biography

Andy Healey is a Senior Health Economist in the Department of Health Service & Population Research at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. 

Dr Andy Healey previously worked at the Institute of Psychiatry and then at the London School of Economics  where he obtained his PhD. Andy spent eight years in the civil service as a Government Economic Advisor before returning to King's in 2014. His area of expertise is in health economics including economic evaluation of health programmes and technologies. 

Research interests

  • Economic evaluation applied to clinical trials data
  • Economic analysis and implementation science
  • Economic analysis using observational data and non-experimental methods

    Research

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    King's Health Economics

    King's Health Economics, led by Professor Sarah Byford (Director), and Dr Barbara Barrett (Deputy Director), consists of a team of health economists with expertise in designing and conducting high quality economic evaluations of healthcare programmes and policies that contribute to healthcare policy and practice in the UK and abroad. 

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    The role of adult social care for parents with learning disabilities when a child is no longer in their care

    We will produce guidance for social workers in adult and children’s services, practitioners in integrated teams, and family court lawyers/judiciary.

    Project status: Completed

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    POPS-SUp

    Perioperative medicine for older people undergoing surgery scale up (POPS-SUp)

    Project status: Starting

    News

    Study finds variation in cost estimates for maternity care

    Researchers have discovered a wide variation in cost estimates for maternity care in the UK, suggesting uncertainty about the true cost of care in the NHS.

    maternity-costs pregnant women in hospital bed

      Research

      iStock-KHE 1800
      King's Health Economics

      King's Health Economics, led by Professor Sarah Byford (Director), and Dr Barbara Barrett (Deputy Director), consists of a team of health economists with expertise in designing and conducting high quality economic evaluations of healthcare programmes and policies that contribute to healthcare policy and practice in the UK and abroad. 

      blue-780
      The role of adult social care for parents with learning disabilities when a child is no longer in their care

      We will produce guidance for social workers in adult and children’s services, practitioners in integrated teams, and family court lawyers/judiciary.

      Project status: Completed

      older adults 1
      POPS-SUp

      Perioperative medicine for older people undergoing surgery scale up (POPS-SUp)

      Project status: Starting

      News

      Study finds variation in cost estimates for maternity care

      Researchers have discovered a wide variation in cost estimates for maternity care in the UK, suggesting uncertainty about the true cost of care in the NHS.

      maternity-costs pregnant women in hospital bed