Stephen Birch (academic)

Stephen Birch is a British health economist. He joined the University of Queensland in 2018 as Director and Chair of the Centre for Business and Economics of Health.

He was previously a professor in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact at McMaster University, Canada. He is also a member of McMaster's Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis and visiting chair in health economics at the University of Manchester. In 2011, he was jointly ranked as the #1 cited health economics researcher in Canada by the World Bank, along with his colleague Amiram Gafni.[1][2]

Birch was educated at Sheffield University (B.A. in economics), the University of Bath (M.Sc. in fiscal studies), and the University of York (D.Phil. in economics), all in England.[3]

References

  1. ^ Buist, Steve (2011-11-13). "You're the tops, World Bank says of Mac researchers". The Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved 2017-08-13.
  2. ^ "Stephen Birch". www.chepa.org. Retrieved 2017-08-13.
  3. ^ Canada, Health. "Non-Insured Health Benefits Oral Health Advisory Committee". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2017-08-13.


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