Judit Simon is Professor of Health Economics and Head of the Department of Health Economics. She also holds the functions of Deputy Head of the Centre for Public Health and Coordinator of the Doctoral Programme Public Health at the Medical University of Vienna.
Her other current affiliations include:
- Head of Health Economics, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Applied Diagnostics; - Visiting Professor of Cognitive Health Economics at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford; and - Research Associate of the Health Economics Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford.
She previously held appointments at the UK National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, University College London (UCL), the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London; the Health Economics Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford; and the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Professor Simon holds a DPhil in Public Health from the University of Oxford; an MSc in Health Economics from the University of York; and a Doctor of Medicine (MD), a BSc in Economics and a BA in Medical Translation from the University of Szeged. She is Fellow through Distinction of the UK Faculty of Public Health (FFPH).
Her work focuses on applied and methodological research in health economics and public health. Main expertise include economic evaluation in health and medicine, planning and conducting clinical studies/RCTs, clinical guideline development, health services research, health systems research, outcomes/effectiveness research, cost and economic burden studies, and evidence synthesis. Specific research areas lie in the fields of mental health, public health, nutrition, cancer and chronic diseases, personalised medicine and translational research, capabilities and costing methods.
Selected Bibliography
Moick S, Hiesmayr, M, Mouhieddine, M, Kiss, N, Bauere, P, Sulze, I, Singer P, Simon, J (accepted/in press): Reducing the knowledge to action gap in hospital nutrition care – developing and implementing nutritionDay 2.0. Clinical Nutrition Journal
Mayer S, Fischer C, Zechmeister-Koss I, Ostermann H, Simon J (accepted/in press): Are unit costs the same? A case study comparing different valuation methods for unit cost calculation of general practitioner consultations. Value in Health.
Simon J, Mayer S, Laszewska A, Yeeles K, Burns T, Gray A (accepted/in press): Cost and quality-of-life impacts of community treatment orders (CTOs) for patients with psychosis: Economic evaluation of the OCTET trial. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.
Janssen, L, Pokhilenko, I, Evers, S, Drost, R, Simon, J, König, H-H, Brodszky, V, Salvador-Carulla, L, Park A-L, Hollingworth, W, Paulus, A on behalf of the PECUNIA Group: Exploring the Identification, Validation and Categorization of Cost & Benefits of Criminal Justice in Mental Health: the PECUNIA Project. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. (accepted/in press)
Simon, J (2020): Health economic analysis of service provision. In: Geddes, JR, Andreasen NC, Goodwin GM: New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, Third Edition,Section 23/136. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN: 9780198713005
Janssen LMM, Pokhilenko I, Drost RMWA, Paulus ATG, Brodzky V, Park AL, König HH, Salvador-Carulla L, Simon J (2019): Inter-sectoral Costs and Benefits within Crimincal Justice. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 22(Suppl 1), p15.
Brodszky V, Gulácsi L, Netshiombo M, Rasdan O, Evers S, König H-H, Park A-L, Salvador-Carulla L, Simon J (2019): Costs Incurred in the Household of Schizophrenic Patients: A Systematic Review. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 22(Suppl 1), p4.
Simon J, König H-H, Brodszky V, Hakkaart-van Roijen L, Serrano Aguilar PG, Salvador-Carulla L, Park A-L, Hollingworth W, Schneider V on behalf of the PECUNIA Group (2019): Inter-sectoral Costs and Benefits of Mental Care in Europe: European Research Project PECUNIA. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 22(Suppl 1), p 32.
Prevolnik Rupel, V, Divjak, M, Zrubka, Z, Rencz, F, Gulácsi, L, Golicki, D, Mirowska-Guzel, D, Simon, J, Brodszky, V, Baji, P, Závada, J, Petrova, G, Rotar, A, Péntek, M (2019): EQ-5D studies in nervous system diseases in eight Central and East European countries: a systematic literature review. The European Journal of Health Economics, 20(Suppl 1):109-117 DOI: 10.1007/s10198-019-01068-9
Brodszky V, Beretzky Z, Baji P, Rencz F, Péntek M, Rotar A, Tachkov K, Mayer S, Simon J, Niewada M, Hren R, Gulacsi L. (2019): Cost-of-illness studies in Central and Eastern European countries.European Journal of Health Economics, 20 (Suppl 1):155–172. doi: 10.1007/s10198-019-01066-x
Simon J (2019): Ökonomische Konsequenzen. In: Novotny, M, Kern, D, Breyer, E, Bengough, T, Griebler, R (Hg.): Depressionsbericht Österreich. Eine interdisziplinäre und multiperspektivische Bestandsaufnahme. Bundesministerium für Gesundheit und Frauen (BMGF): Wien, pp 135-141.
Simon J, Łaszewska A, Leutner E, Churchman D, Mayer S (2017): Inter-country Transferability of the OxCAP-MH Well-being Questionnaire. J Ment Health Policy Econ 2017; 20(Suppl. 1): S31
Bogaert P, Van Oyen H for BRIDGE Health(Hofmarcher M M, Simon J, Perić N)(2017). HIREP-ERIC: A research infrastructure to advance public health monitoring and research on health and care. Technical and Scientific Description, BRIDGE Health Technical Report 03/2017, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, March 2017.
Bogaert P, Van Oyen H for BRIDGE Health (Hofmarcher M M, Simon J) (2017). An ERIC on Health Information for Research and Evidence-based Policy for targeted investments in people's health and wealth, BRIDGE Health policy paper, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, January 2017.
Hofmarcher-Holzhacker M, Perić N, Simon J (2017): Schlüsselindikatoren für eine strukturierte Bewertung der Leistungsfähigkeit von Gesundheitssystemen in Europa: ein Fortschrittsbericht des EU Projekts BRIDGE Health. ÖGPH Newsletter March 2017
Hofmarcher M M, Perić N, Simon J on behalf of the BRIDGE Health working group for horizontal activity 6 (2017). Priority setting methods in health information, BRIDGE Health Technical Report 04/2017 on Recommendations of priority setting methods for a European Research Infrastructure Consortium on Health Information for Research and Evidence-based policy (HIREP-ERIC), HS&I and Medical University of Vienna, April 2017.
Hofmarcher M M, Perić N, Simon J, Joas A, Bogaert P (2016). Priority setting methods and transferability in health information. Adjacent Government.
Hofmarcher MM, Simon J, Perić N, Or Z, Smith P, Busse R, van Oyen H, on behalf of BRIDGE Health. (2016). Priority setting methods in health information: MM Hofmarcher. The European Journal of Public Health, 26(suppl_1), ckw169-076. doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckw169.076
Rencz F, Gulácsi L, Drummond M, Golicki D, Prevolnik Rupel V, Simon J, Stolk EA, Brodszky V, Baji P, Závada J, Petrova G, Rotar A, Péntek M (2016) EQ-5D in Central and Eastern Europe: 2000-2015. Quality of Life Research, 19(5):525-530. DOI: 10.1007/s11136-016-1375-6
Simon, J. (2016). Determinanten von Gesundheit und Gesundheitsversorgung. In: Dorner, T.E. (ed.). Public Health. Von den Gesundheitsbedürfnissen der Gesellschaft zu klinischen Implikationen. MCW Block 22/23. Facultas Verlags- und Buchhandels AG: 4. Auflage, Wien
Simon, J. (2016). Gesundheitsökonomische Evaluation II. In: Dorner, T.E. (ed.). Public Health. Von den Gesundheitsbedürfnissen der Gesellschaft zu klinischen Implikationen. MCW Block 22/23. Facultas Verlags- und Buchhandels AG: 4. Auflage, Wien
Simon, J (2015). Determinanten von Gesundheit und Gesundheitsversorgung. In: Dorner, T.E. (ed.). Public Health. Von den Gesundheitsbedürfnissen der Gesellschaft zu klinischen Implikationen. MCW Block 22/23. Facultas Verlags- und Buchhandels AG: 3. Auflage, Wien
Simon, J (2015). Gesundheitsökonomische Evaluation II. In: Dorner, T.E. (ed.). Public Health. Von den Gesundheitsbedürfnissen der Gesellschaft zu klinischen Implikationen. MCW Block 22/23. Facultas Verlags- und Buchhandels AG: 3. Auflage, Wien
Rugkåsa J, Molodynski A, Yeeles K, Vazquez Montes M, Visser C, Burns T, Bennett C and the OCTET group (Burns K, Burns T, Canvin K, Dawson J, Dunn M, Gray A, Johnston L, Lewis N, Masson S, Molodynski A, Murray L, Nightingale H, Patel R, Priebe S, Puntis S, Russell L, Ryan A, Simon J, Sinclair J, Smith T, Sulman A, Turnpenny L, Mitchell A, Montes MV, Vergunst F, Visser C, Wood-Ganz S, Voysey M, Yeeles K) (2015) Community treatment orders: Clinical and social outcomes, and a subgroup analysis from the OCTET RCT. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavia, 131(5):321-329. DOI 10.1111/acps.12373
Pari AA, Simon J, Wolstenholme J, Geddes J, Goodwin G (2015) Economic burden of bipolar disorder in the United Kingdom: a patient-level exploratory analysis. Bipolar Disorders, 17:138.
Hofmarcher-Holzhacker M, Simon J, Peric N (2015) Kick off neue Projekte - BRIDGE Health: Bridging Information and Data Generation for Evidence-based Health Policy and Research. ÖGPH Newsletter September 2015, pp. 11-12.
Vergunst, F., Jenkinson, C., Burns, T. & Simon, J. (2014) Application of Sen's Capability Approach to Outcome Measurement in Mental Health Research: Psychometric Validation of a Novel Multi-dimensional Instrument (OxCAP-MH). Human Welfare 3, 1, 1-4.
Abdul Pari Anees A, Simon Judit, Wolstenholme Jane, Geddes John R, and Goodwin Guy M (2014) Economic evaluations in bipolar disorder: a systematic review and critical appraisal. Bipolar Disorders, Volume 16, Issue 6, pages 557–582. doi: 10.1111/bdi.12213.
Simon Judit, Anand Paul, Gray Alastair, Rugkåsa Jorun, Yeeles Ksenija, and Burns Tom (2013) Operationalising the capability approach for outcome measurement in mental health research Social Science & Medicine, 98:187–196. doi: 10.1016/ j.socscimed.2013.09.019
Miklowitz David J, Price Jonathan, Holmes Emily A, Rendell Jennifer, Bell Sarah, Budge Katie, Christensen Jean, Wallace Joshua, Simon Judit, Armstrong Neil M, McPeake Lily, Goodwin Guy M, and Geddes John R (2012) Facilitated Integrated Mood Management for adults with bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorder Mar 2012; 14(2): 185–197. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2012.00998.x
Simon J, Budge KV, Goodwin G, Geddes J. (2011) Health economic preparatory work for OXTEXT: The development and evaluation of cost-effective systems of collaborative disease management for people with bipolar disorder. Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 14(Suppl.1): S32.
Farmer A J, Wade A N, French D P, Simon J, Yudkin P, Gray A, Craven A, Goyder L, Holman R R, Mant D, Kinmonth A-L, and Neil H AW (2009) Blood glucose self-monitoring in type 2 diabetes: a randomised controlled trial. Health Technol Assess. 2009 Feb;13(15):iii-iv, ix-xi, 1-50. doi: 10.3310/hta13150.
Simon J, Petrou S, Gray A. (2009) The valuation of prenatal life in economic evaluations of perinatal interventions. Health Economics, 18(4): 487-494.
Simon J, et al. (2009) A vércukorszint otthoni monitorozásának költséghatékonysága 2-es típusú cukorbetegségben. Lege Artis Medicinae, 19(1): 45.
Simon, J, Gray, A, Wade, A, Neil, A, Farmer, A, on behalf of the Diabetes Glycaemic Education and Monitoring Trial Group. (2008) Cost-effectiveness of self-monitoring of blood glucose in patients with non-insulin treated type 2 diabetes: economic evaluation of data from the DiGEM trial. British Medical Journal, 336: 1177-1180. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39526.674873.BE
Zechmeister I, Kilian R, McDaid D, the MHEEN group (2008) Is it worth investing in mental health promotion and prevention of mental illness? A systematic review of the evidence from economic evaluations. BMC Public Health, 8: 20.
Knapp M, McDaid D, Evers S, Salvador-Carulla L, Halstein V, the MHEEN group. (2008) Cost-effectiveness and Mental Health, MHEEN II Policy Briefing 2, Personal Social Services Research Unit, London.
McDaid D, Knapp M, Medeiros H, the MHEEN group. (2008) Employment and Mental Health: Assessing the Economic Impact and the Case for Intervention, MHEEN II Policy Briefing 5. Personal Social Services Research Unit, London.
McDaid D, Zechmeister I, Kilian R, Medeiros H, Knapp M, Kennelly B, the MHEEN group. (2008) Making the Economic Case for the Promotion of Mental Well-being and the Prevention of Mental Health Problems, MHEEN II Policy Briefing 3. Personal Social Services Research Unit, London.
Medeiros H, McDaid D, Knapp M, the MHEEN group. (2008) Shifting Care from Hospital to the Community in Europe: Economic Challenges and Opportunities, MHEEN II Policy Briefing 4. Personal Social Services Research Unit, London.
Knapp M, McDaid D, Medeiros H, Becker T, Johnson S, Kilian R, Salvador-Carulla L, Simon J, Tatar M, on behalf of the MHEEN group. (2008) Economics, Mental Health and Policy: An Overview, MHEEN II Policy Briefing 1. Personal Social Services Research Unit, London.
MAGPIE Trial Follow Up Study Collaborative Group. (2007) The Magpie Trial: a randomised trial comparing magnesium sulphate with placebo for pre-eclampsia. Outcome for children at 18 months. BJOG-INT J OBSTET GY, 114(3): 289-299.
MAGPIE Trial Follow Up Study Collaborative Group. (2007) The Magpie Trial: a randomised trial comparing magnesium sulphate with placebo for pre-eclampsia. Outcome for women at 2 years. BJOG-INT J OBSTET GY, 114(3): 300-309.
McDaid D, Knapp M, Medeiros H, the MHEEN group. (2007) Mental health and economics in Europe. Findings from the MHEEN group. Eurohealth, 13(3): 1-6.
Simon J, Gray A, Wade A, et al. (2007) Cost-effectiveness of self-monitoring of blood glucose for the management of patients with non-insulin treated type 2 diabetes: economic evaluation of the DiGEM trial. Diabetologia, 50(Suppl.1): S431.
Simon J, Pilling S, Goldberg D, Burbeck R. (2006) Treating moderate and severe depression with antidepressant therapy or combination of antidepressants and psychological therapy: a decision analysis supporting a clinical guideline. British Journal of Psychiatry, 189: 494-501.
Clarke PM, Simon J, Cull CA, Holman RR. (2006) Assessing the impact of visual acuity on quality of life in people with type 2 diabetes using the SF-36. Diabetes Care, 29: 1506-1511.
Simon J, Gray A, Duley L, on behalf of the MAGPIE Trial Collaborative Group. (2006) Cost effectiveness of prophylactic magnesium sulphate in 9996 women with pre-eclampsia from 33 countries: Economic evaluation of the Magpie Trial. BJOG, 113: 144-151.
Gervain J, Simon J, Czibula A, et al. (2006) The correlation of genom mutations in HCV-1b with IFN-sensitivity in Hungarian patients. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 21(Suppl.2): A139-A139.
Simon J, Patel A, Sleed M. (2005) The costs of alcoholism. Journal of Mental Health, 14(4): 321-330.
Simon J, Schmidt U, Pilling S, on behalf of the Eating Disorders Guideline Development Group. (2005) The health service use and cost of eating disorders. Psychological Medicine, 35(11): 1543-1551.
National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health. (2004) Depression: management of depression in primary and secondary care. Clinical Guideline 23. NICE: London.
Knapp M, Mangalore R, Simon J. (2004) The global costs of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 30: 279-293.
Petrou S, Boulvain M, Simon J, Maricot P, Borst F, Irion O. (2004) Home-based care after a shortened hospital stay versus hospital-based care postpartum: An economic evaluation. BJOG, 111: 800-806.
National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health. (2004) Eating disorders: Core interventions in the treatment and management of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and related eating disorders. Clinical Guideline 9. NICE: London.
National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health. (2004) Depression: management of depression in primary and secondary care. National Clinical Practice Guideline CG23. Gaskell Press: London.
Richardson G, Wonderling D, Simon J, Wailoo A, Douglas HR, Culyer AJ, Tsuchiya A, Roberts J, Drummond MF, on behalf of the Health Economists in Guidelines group. (2004) Incorporating health economics in guidelines and assessing resource impact. In: NICE. Guideline development methods: Information for National Collaborating Centres and Guideline Developers. NICE: London.
National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health. (2004) Eating disorders: Core interventions in the treatment and management of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and related eating disorders. National Clinical Practice Guideline CG9. Gaskell Press: London.
Gervain J, Simon G, Simon J, the Hungarian Viral Hepatitis Group. (2003) Genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus in the Hungarian population with chronic viral hepatitis C. European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 15(4): 449-450.
Gervain J, Czibula A, Simon J, Kalmar T. (2003) Structural analysis of the PKR-binding region of HCV 1b samples from patients with chronic hepatitis C and the correlation with IFN-sensitivity. Orvosi Hetilap, 144: 1179-1184.
National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health. (2003) Schizophrenia: Core interventions in the treatment and management of schizophrenia in primary and secondary care. National Clinical Practice Guideline CG1. Gaskell Press: London.
Simon J. (2003) Cost-conscious clinical guidelines: the schizophrenia guideline example. Mental Health Research Review, 9:42-43.
Simon J, Whittington C, on behalf of the Eating Disorders Guideline Development Group. (2003) Cost-effectiveness of antidepressant therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy and their combination for people with bulimia nervosa in the UK. Value in Health, 6(6): A619-A620.
National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health. (2002) Schizophrenia: Core interventions in the treatment and management of schizophrenia in primary and secondary care. Clinical guideline 1. NICE: London.
Knapp M, Simon J. (2002) Cost implications of schizophrenia in the community. Psychiatry, 1(10): 69-72.
Knapp M, Simon J, Almond S, Percudani M. (2002) Costs of Schizophrenia: A Review. In: Maj M. (ed.) Schizophrenia (2nd ed). John Wiley & Sons Ltd.: Chichester.
Gervain J, Czibula A, Kalmar T, Simon J, Papp I, Szabo KB. (2002) Mutations of the NS5A domain of HCV subtype 1b and response to interferon therapy in Hungarian patients. Zeitschrift fuer Gastroenterologie, 40: A334.
Balati B, Jost N, Simon J, Varro A, Papp JGy. (2000) Analysis of the electrophysiological effects of ambasilide, a new antiarrhythmic agent in canine isolated ventricular muscle and Purkinje fibres. General Pharmacology, 34(2): 85-93.
Baláti B, Iost N, Simon J, Varró A, Papp JGy. (2000) Az ambasilid, egy antiaritmiás szer elektrofiziológiai hatásainak vizsgálata izolált kutyaszív preparátumokon. Cardiologia Hungarica, Suppl 3: S46.
Baláti B, Takács J, Iost N, Virág L, Simon J, Varró A, Papp JGy. (1999) The role of the slow component of the delayed rectifier potassium current in dog ventricular muscle and Purkinje fibre repolarization. Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology, 13(Suppl 1): S226.
Baláti B, Takács J, Iost N, Virág L, Simon J, Varró A, Papp JGy. (1999) A "delayed rectifier" káliumáram lassú komponensének szerepe a kutyaszív kamrai munkaizom és Purkinje rostjainak repolarizációjában. Cardiologia Hungarica, Suppl 2: S19.
Baláti B, Simon J, Varró A, Papp JGy. (1998) Cellular electrophysiological effects of chromanol 293B in canine ventricular muscle. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 30: A133.
