Graham Cookson
A econometrician by training, Graham focuses on health system efficiency, policy evaluation, and pricing and reimbursement in pharmaceutical markets. Alongside his position at OHE, Graham is an Honorary Professor at City, University of London and is a Fellow of Royal Statistical Society, Higher Education Academy and member of Royal Economic Society.
His current research interests include the measurement and determinants of productivity in healthcare especially labour productivity; the industrial organisation of healthcare especially tariffs and competition; real–world evidence in health economic evaluation; and big data in the health and life sciences. He is best known for this work on the economics of staffing and skill mix in the English NHS, which was critical to the development of the NICE Guidelines on Safe Staffing.
Publications and Insights
- Insight: The Trump Administration’s US Drug Pricing Proposal – What will happen next?
- Insight: Bold politics – what about the economics?: An overview of President Trump’s ‘Most Favoured Nation’ Executive Order
- Publication: Employer Costs from Respiratory Infections
- Insight: Latest estimates show that 20 people a day die in unrelieved pain across the UK at the end of their lives
- Publication: The Dynamics of Drug Shortages
- Publication: Innovation for Health System Efficiency and Improvement
- Publication: Reimagining Prevention for a Healthier, More Prosperous Society
- Bulletin: Health economists for a sustainable future
- Bulletin: Is the NHS too brittle for change?
- Publication: Delivering the Triple Win: A Value-Based Approach to Pricing
- Bulletin: Building a resilient and sustainable healthcare in 2023
- Insight: Improving the Measurement of Valued Output in Primary Care in England
- Publication: Supporting the Era of Green Pharmaceuticals in the UK
- Publication: Limitations of CBO’s Simulation Model of New Drug Development as a Tool for Policymakers
- Publication: Payment Models for Multi-Indication Therapies
- Publication: The Lower Drug Costs Now Act and Pharmaceutical Innovation
- Publication: Opportunities to Increase Efficiency in Healthcare
- Publication: Delivering the 2.4 Percent: Unlocking UK Pharma R&D Investment through Evidence-Based Policies
- New: Cheap and Dirty: The Effect of Contracting Out Cleaning on Efficiency and Effectiveness
- Publication: Unrelieved Pain in Palliative Care in England