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Craig Mitton

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Professor
Degrees / Designations

B.Sc., M.Sc., PhD

Contact Info
craig.mitton@ubc.ca

Biography

Dr. Craig Mitton is a senior scientist at the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation (C2E2), as well as a professor in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He holds a Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in health services research from the University of Calgary and a Bachelor of Science in biopsychology from UBC.

Dr. Mitton’s research is focused on the application of health economics to impact health policy and to inform clinical practice. He has worked extensively with health authorities in numerous countries on the development and implementation of priority setting and resource allocation processes. He is the lead author on a book titled “The Priority Setting Toolkit: a guide to the use of economics in health care priority setting” and is the lead or co-author on more than 170 peer reviewed journal articles. In addition, he has delivered over 200 presentations across many different countries and regularly runs workshops and short courses on health economics and health care priority setting. In 2015, he was awarded a Killam Teaching Prize from the University of British Columbia. 
 

News and Awards

People in profile: Amarildo Ceka

Oct 18, 2023

Heath care priority management post-COVID-19

Jun 17, 2022

Health care professionals can help combat ‘the greatest threat to human life’

Aug 20, 2018

Top Graduating Doctoral Student Award and Rising Star Award 2017 Recipients

May 28, 2017

When children are the patients, health care spending calls for unique considerations

Nov 8, 2015

Publications

  • International journal of health policy and management -

    Coronavirus: Where Has All the Health Economics Gone?

    Donaldson C, Mitton C
  • Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research -

    Is Multicriteria Decision Analysis a Resource Allocation Framework?

    Dionne F, Mitton C
  • Journal of health organization and management -

    Priority setting and resource allocation in the US health system: is there a place for hard caps?

    Mitton C, Dionne F
  • International journal of technology assessment in health care -

    Can multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) be implemented into real-world drug decision-making processes? A Canadian provincial experience.

    Laba TL, Jiwani B, Crossland R, Mitton C
  • Applied health economics and health policy -

    Health Technology Assessment as Part of a Broader Process for Priority Setting and Resource Allocation.

    Mitton C, Seixas BV, Peacock S, Burgess M, Bryan S
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