Timea Helter, MSc

Timea Helter is an economist with a wide range of international work experience and education related to the health sector. She obtained Masters Degrees in Economics from Corvinus University, Budapest (2004), Health Informatics from UCL (2007), and Health Research from Brunel University (2008). Timea has also conducted PhD studies at the Health Economics Research Group, Brunel University between 2008 and 2011, but she stopped it due to the birth of her son.

Timea is experienced within the area of international health outcomes research because she worked for British, Hungarian and Austrian health economics consultancy firms. She has also gained insight to public administration through short-term contracts with the European Commission, the national Health Technology Assessment office of Hungary and the Main Association of Austrian Social Security Institutions.

In May 2018 Timea has joined the DHE as a PhD-Student of the Doctoral Programme Public Health to work on the application of OxCAP-MH in the economic evaluations of mental health interventions. Among others, she works on the NIHR-PAX-BD study and the Hungarian translation of OxCAP-MH.

Selected Biography

• Helter, TM, Coast, J, Łaszewska, A, Simon, J, Stamm, T (2019): Capability instruments in economic evaluations of health-related interventions: a comparative review of the literature. Quality of Life Research (2019) doi:10.1007/s11136-019-02393-5
• Dozsa, CS, Jankus, K, Helter T: Structural changes in the Hungarian health care system between 2000-2017. Value in Health Regional Issues, 19, pp 92-98, DOI: 10.1016/j.vhri.2019.05.002
• Dozsa Cs, Illes L, Lazar Gy, Mohos E, Higgins A, Helter TM (2018) Cost-utility analysis of bariatric surgeries in Hungary. Interdiszciplináris Magyar Egészségügy. 17(10):63-68
• Boehler, C., Helter, T., Kholilul, I., & Abadie, F. (2017). Preference-based weights for the Active Ageing Index (AAI): Proposal for a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE). In: Zaidi, A., Harper, S., Hastrup, B., Howse, K., Lamura, G. & Perek-Bialas, J. (Eds.), Building Evidence for Active Ageing Policies – Active Ageing Index and its Potential. Palgrave Macmillan, DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-6017-5
• Helter, T.M., Boehler C. (2016) Developing attributes for Discrete Choice Experiments in health - A systematic review of the literature and a case study of alcohol misuse interventions. Journal of Substance Use. 21 (6), 662-668. (This paper won the International Publication Prize of the Hungarian Health Economics Association in 2017.)
• Abadie F, Codagnone C, Helter T.M., Villanueva F (2014) Strategic Intelligence Monitor on Personal Health Systems Phase 3 (SIMPHS 3). Report on the methodological set-up for the SIMPHS3 research. Publications Office of the European Union. JRC92703. http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC92703
• Soroncz-Szabo T, Helter T.M., Nagy B, Kalo Z, Bischof M, Hodgkins P, Erder MH, Setyawan J. (2013) Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Are all the costs, benefits and outcomes being captured in economic evaluations? Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.  June;5(2):246.
• Helter T.M. Challenges in the economic evaluation of public health interventions [Kihívások a népegészségügyi intervenciók közgazdasági értékelésében] (2009) Informatics and Management in the Health Sector [Informatika és Management az Egészségügyben]. Dec;8(10):47-50.
• Guest JG, Helter T.M., Benjamin L, Althauser S, Smith AF. (2008) Choice of OVDs in cataract surgery. Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today Europe.
• Guest JG, Helter TM, Morga A, Stradling JR. (2008) Cost-effectiveness of using continuous positive airway pressure in the treatment of severe obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome in the UK. Thorax. 2008 Oct;63(10):860-5.
• Guest JG, Clegg JP, Helter T.M.  (2008) Cost-effectiveness of macrogol 4000 compared to lactulose in the treatment of chronic functional constipation in the UK. Current Medical Research and Opinion. Jul;24(7):1841-52.
• Guest JG, Candy DC, Clegg JP, Edwards D, Helter T.M., Dale AK, Fell J, Cosgrove M, Debelle G.  (2007) Clinical and economic impact of using macrogol 3350 plus electrolytes in an outpatient setting compared to enemas and suppositories and manual evacuation to treat paediatric faecal impaction based on actual clinical practice in England and Wales. Current Medical Research and Opinion.  Sep;23(9):2213-25.