For research teams
Health economics for research teams and trials
Economic evaluation designed into your grant and delivered alongside your trial or implementation study — costing, cost-effectiveness, preference studies and reproducible analysis in R.
Common challenges
Funders expect an economic aim
Trial and implementation research funders increasingly ask what an intervention costs and whether it is good value.
Costs must be collected alongside the study
Cost data are hard to reconstruct after the fact. Collection tools need to be designed before fieldwork starts.
Methods have to pass peer review
Reviewers expect recognised reference cases, CHEERS 2022 reporting and transparent handling of uncertainty.
Analysis needs to be reproducible
Code-based analysis makes results easier to check, update and share with co-authors.
Packages for research teams
- Grant Economic Evaluation PackageEconomic evaluation for research and programme grants — from writing a fundable economic aim and budget at proposal stage to delivering the costing and cost-effectiveness analysis once funded.Proposal stage: typically 2–4 weeks before the submission deadline · Pricing on request
- Rapid Costing StudyA focused cost analysis of one programme, intervention or service, using data that already exist, so you have a defensible unit cost for a budget, proposal or decision.Typically 6–8 weeks when existing financial and service data are available · Pricing on request
Related practice areas: Economic evaluation and health technology assessment · Costing studies and unit-cost data · Impact and programme evaluation · Patient and stakeholder preferences · Data analytics and modelling
How we work with you
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Designed with the study
We agree the economic aim, perspective and time horizon with the principal investigator at proposal stage.
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An analysis plan first
A health economics analysis plan is agreed before data collection starts.
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Reproducible code
Analysis is written in R under version control, so results can be regenerated and checked.
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Publication-ready reporting
Reports and manuscripts follow CHEERS 2022.
Read about our methods and standards and our procurement information.
Free resources for research teams
Guides
Templates
Frequently asked questions
Can you be named on the grant?
Yes, as a co-investigator, subcontractor or consultant, depending on the funder's rules.
Do you run discrete choice experiments?
Yes. We design, pilot and analyse discrete choice experiments and other stated-preference studies.
Do you work in French?
Yes. We deliver our work in English and French.
Have a decision that needs local evidence?
Tell us what you need and we will reply within one business day with next steps — or book a 20-minute call.