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Rita Santos
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Health Economist @ Centre for Health Economics, University of York | GIS interest | Spatial Health Economics | Primary Care.
📣 📣 📣 New article with Tim Jamieson & Hugh Gravelle @CHEyork
👉 The role does primary care availability play in preventing non-urgent A&E attendances?
Improving access to primary care is key to system efficiency and patient care. doi.org/10.1016/j.he...
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April 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Last week to book a place in CHE Analysing Patient Data (aka the HES course) for comprehensive and insightful training on NHS England data. You will gain a solid understanding of patient-level datasets and acquire the analytical tools necessary to apply this data in research and policy contexts.
🚨 book to join us in June!
The fantastic Analysis Patient Data course (aka the HES data course) is back! Join us in York from 9 to 11 of June york.ac.uk/che/courses/... Myself, @petesivey.bsky.social , Adriana, Anastasia, Panos, Jinglin will teach you how to analyse these sets of data for research
April 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
📢📢📢News: Join us for the Spatial Health Econometrics short course at the XLIV Jornades de Economia de la Salut
@aeseconsalud.bsky.social
pre-workshop on 17th June 2025! Whether you are attending the conference or just want to participate in SHE. ☀️Madrid awaits! aes.es/jornadas/en/
XLIV Jornadas de Economía de la Salud
Madrid, 18 to 20, June 2025
aes.es
April 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🚨 book to join us in June!
The fantastic Analysis Patient Data course (aka the HES data course) is back! Join us in York from 9 to 11 of June york.ac.uk/che/courses/... Myself, @petesivey.bsky.social , Adriana, Anastasia, Panos, Jinglin will teach you how to analyse these sets of data for research
Analysing Patient Data using Hospital Episode Statistics
Led by experienced academics with vast experience in using NHS England data, this intensive workshop introduces participants to the nitty-gritty of managing and analysing NHS England data.
york.ac.uk
March 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
🚨Closing hospitals is controversial. While it may improve healthcare quality, it forces patients to travel farther for care. Our study finds some patients from rural areas must travel 23+km extra after a closure. Decisions need to balance quality & accessibility.🏥📉
Read more here: bit.ly/4gH63E0
February 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The fantastic Analysis Patient Data course (aka the HES data course) is back! Join us in York from 9 to 11 of June york.ac.uk/che/courses/... Myself, @petesivey.bsky.social , Adriana, Anastasia, Panos, Jinglin will teach you how to analyse these sets of data for research
Analysing Patient Data using Hospital Episode Statistics
Led by experienced academics with vast experience in using NHS England data, this intensive workshop introduces participants to the nitty-gritty of managing and analysing NHS England data.
york.ac.uk
February 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I am very happy to start this project on urgent and emergency care models in rural and coastal areas of England with @arabellascants.bsky.social , @petesivey.bsky.social, Joy Adamson, Gerry Richardson
and other fantastic colleagues.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scarborough Hospital receives £1.2m for coastal health research
Research finds demand on health and care services is often more acute in rural and coastal areas.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The reason that we build models, is to try and use as few moving parts as possible in order to pro, reproduce the world.
January 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
📢📢📢Call for papers for the 4th APHEC Workshop "Healthcare Sustainability and Challenges: Current Trends and Future Perspectives" in Genoa, from 12th to 13th September 2025. Deadline: 30th June 2025. With a friendly environment and fantastic feedback.
January 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This a great opportunity to visit CHE and work with us.
January 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Reposted by Rita Santos
The 2025 call for applications for the Centre for Health Economics Research Fellowships has been launched. More details can be found here:

www.york.ac.uk/che/news/new...
CHE Research Fellowships – Call for applications
Applications are invited from researchers wishing to visit the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York in order to develop collaborative research, led by the applicant but working with C...
www.york.ac.uk
January 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Merry Christmas 🤶 🎄🎅
December 25, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Reposted by Rita Santos
We have an exciting position as Research Fellow (FT, open ended) in our new Research Centre for 21st Century Public Health at the University of Bath. For more info and to apply, follow the link: www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
CH12227 Research Fellow - Jobs at Bath
Research Fellow
www.bath.ac.uk
December 17, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Reposted by Rita Santos
Ten years have elapsed since Will Manning left us.

Early career health economists not familiar with Will and his work might benefit from knowing the significant and enduring contributions Will made to our field.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
December 6, 2024 at 9:52 PM