Dr Rocco Friebel is Associate Professor of Health Policy, Director of the Global Surgery Policy Unit (partnership between the London School of Economics and Political Science and the Royal College of Surgeons of England), and Deputy Director of ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Health. He is specialised in the economics of health system delivery and healthcare regulation aimed at improving quality of care. His research comprises the fields of regulation, health system strengthening, patient safety, econometric evaluation, and priority setting, with publications in world leading journals such as Health Affairs, the Lancet, and Social Science and Medicine.
Dr Friebel leads and teaches the following courses: Health Care Regulation (HP433 & HP4F5E), Quality and Outcomes in Clinical Sciences (HP4C2E), Measuring Health System Performance (HP402), Methods and Data for Health Systems Performance Assessment (HP434), Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (HP4G4E). He is the Programme Director of the Executive MSc Healthcare Decision-Making in collaboration with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
Dr Friebel is Editor in Chief of Health Economics, Policy and Law (Cambridge University Press), Steering Committee Member of the , Founder and Host of ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳’s HealthTalks podcast series. He regularly advises international organisations (WHO, OECD) and national governments, including on the measurement of integrated emergency, critical and operative care (World Health Assembly resolution 76.2). Dr Friebel received his PhD from Imperial College London. Before joining the Department of Health Policy, he worked as a Senior Analyst for the Health Foundation.
Teaching
Programme Director, Executive MSc Healthcare Decision-Making
HP433 Health Care Regulation
HP4F5E Health Care Regulation
HP4C2E Quality and Outcomes in Clinical Sciences
HP402 Measuring Health System Performance
HP434 Methods and Data for Health Systems Performance Assessment
HP4G4E Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
External affiliations
Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Global Development
International Health Economics Association
European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging