Summary
Elena is a Senior Health Economist with expertise in Economic Evaluation and HTA. She has been a Research Associate in the Imperial College Business School from 2009 to 2014, before moving to University College London.
She is currently a Visiting Lecturer at Imperial College, where she occasionally teaches Health Economics and Economic Evaluation for the Master of Public Health and the International Health Management MSc.
Elena holds a PhD in Economics and Management from Padua University, an MSc degree in Economics and Management of Health Care Services from Ferrara University and a BSc in Economics from Padua University.
She is particularly interested in economic evaluation of health care technologies and interventions, clinical decision analysis and, more generally, in measurement of health and in efficiency and distributional aspects of health policy.
Publications
Journals
Pizzo E, Laverty AA, Phekoo KJ, et al., 2015, A retrospective analysis of the cost of hospitalizations for sickle cell disease with crisis in England, 2010/11, Journal of Public Health, Vol:37, ISSN:1741-3842, Pages:529-539
Pizzo E, Doyle C, Matthews R, et al., 2014, Patient and public involvement: how much do we spend and what are the benefits?, Health Expectations, Vol:18, ISSN:1369-7625, Pages:1918-1926
Pizzo E, Rayment M, Thornton A, et al., 2014, Cost-effectiveness analysis of HIV testing in non-traditional settings - the HINTS study, Hiv Medicine, Vol:15, ISSN:1464-2662, Pages:93-93
Obi A, Jones C, Pizzo E, et al., 2013, CD4 point-of-care testing improves patient satisfaction and reduces recalls to clinic, Hiv Medicine, Vol:14, ISSN:1464-2662, Pages:1-2
Pizzo E, Jones C, Obi A, et al., 2013, Can we justify use of a CD4 point-of-care test in a time of austerity?, Hiv Medicine, Vol:14, ISSN:1464-2662, Pages:13-13