Dr Pippa Anderson

Dr Pippa Anderson
Head of Swansea Centre for Health Economics
Swansea Centre for Health Economics
Telephone: (01792) 518577
Room: Office - 313
Third Floor
Vivian Building
Singleton Campus

A health economist with a research interest in prioritisation and resource allocation, Pippa’s research experience started in clinical research.  Having gained her Masters in Health Economics in the early 1990’s she moved into the field of health economics and outcomes research. One of three founding directors, Pippa established Fourth Hurdle Consulting Ltd. A health economics consultancy in 1999. Having ensured the successful integration of Fourth Hurdle into IMS Health when purchased in 2008, Pippa followed a long held ambition to complete a PhD in Health Economics and joined Swansea University. She is Head of the Swansea Centre for Health Economics: a health economics and outcomes research centre with a particular expertise in economic evaluation, health policy and ‘real world’ routine data analysis. Pippa supports a number of organisations in Wales charged with making decisions about health technology adoption in Wales:  These are Health Technology Wales, the All Wales Medicines Strategy Group and the Evidence Based Procurement Board.

Areas of Expertise

  • Heath Economics

Publications

  1. & (2017). Prioritisation of specialist health care services; not NICE, not easy but it can be done. Health Policy 121(9), 978-985.
  2. & (2018). Home-based pre-surgical psychological intervention for knee osteoarthritis (HAPPiKNEES): a feasibility randomized controlled trial. Clinical Rehabilitation, 026921551875542
  3. (2018). OP97 Program Budgeting Marginal Analysis For The Real World. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 33(S1), 44-45.
  4. et. al. (2017). Debt Counselling for Depression in Primary Care: an adaptive randomised controlled pilot trial (DeCoDer study). Health Technology Assessment 21(35), 1-164.
  5. & (2018). The health impacts of energy performance investments in low-income areas: a mixed-methods approach. Public Health Research 6(5), 1-182.

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Teaching

  • SHBM00 Social, Cultural and Economic Context of Health

    In this module students will develop a critical understanding and appreciation of the wider context of health care management. The social, cultural and economic context within which health and illness are defined and experienced and how these impact and influence the organisation and financing of health care and health systems will be critically explored.

  • SHBM02 Economic Evaluation in Health Care

    The module will provide a comprehensive introduction to the key principles of heath economics, health care financing, health technology assessment, burden of disease, the principles, methods and application of outcomes research and economic evaluation to health care decision making. Students should develop a critical understanding and appreciation of the methods of economic evaluation and how health economics can be used to support prioritisation within the wider context of competing demands for health care treatments or services.

Supervision

  • Time Driven Activity Based Costing: testing and developing a financial approach for practical application in NHS (current)

    Student name:
    PhD
    Other supervisor: Prof Ceri Phillips

  • Burn Contracture Measurement: The most effective and efficient global indicator of quality burn care? (current)

    Student name:
    PhD
    Other supervisor: Prof Tom Potokar

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