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Peter Smith

Peter C. Smith is Professor of Health Economics and Director of the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York. His research areas include public finance, regulation and productivity analysis, both in health care and in the broader public sector, and he has a particular interest in the link between research and policy. He has secured numerous research grants and published widely on these topics, and was founding editor-in-chief of the journal Health Care Management Science. Current research includes efficiency measurement, health care payment mechanisms, and the financing of health care.

Dr. Smith has sat on numerous UK Government advisory committees, and is currently a commissioner at the Audit Commission and chair of the Advisory Board of the UK Centre for the Measurement of Government Activity. He has acted as consultant to a range of national and international agencies, including the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the OECD, and has a special interest in the methodology of international comparisons.