Martin Buxton

Dr. Martin Buxton is a Professor of Health Economics and Director of the Health Economics Research Group which he established and that is now one of the leading University-based units for health economic evaluation research in the UK. He has over 20 years experience in the methods and practice of economic evaluation in health care and has been involved in a large number of studies including: international drug trials, evaluations of national programmes for heart and liver transplantation, screening for breast cancer and abdominal aortic aneurysms, evaluation of pilot projects such as the picture archiving and communication system (PACS) at Hammersmith Hospital, assessments of the impact of medical audit and other organisational changes. He has been a member of the Appraisal Committee of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence and has advised most of the major pharmaceutical companies. A consortium led by Dr. Buxton has recently been awarded a contract by the Medical Research Council, Wellcome Trust and the Academy of Medical Sciences to “Assess the Economic Benefits of UK Medical Research”.

Research interests: the refinement of quantitative and qualitative methodologies for economic evaluation of all types of all health technologies through empirical application; practical policy uses of evaluation; assessment of payback from health services research.