Dr. Ruth Hancock

Biography

Ruth Hancock has an extensive academic career spanning over ten years in government economics and health policy. She previously worked as an economist in the Department of Health and Social Security and has held academic posts at King's College London as well as the universities of Leicester, Essex, and East Anglia. Recently, she became a member of the Care Policy Evaluation Centre (CPEC), where she has collaborated with colleagues in research on long-term care finance for over 20 years. Her research focuses on the economic, health, and social policy implications of individual and population ageing, with a particular emphasis on financial provision over a lifetime, long-term care funding for older people, and the extra costs associated with disability throughout life. Ruth employs large-scale household survey data and micro-simulation techniques to analyze and model policy reform options and has developed a dynamic microsimulation model for long-term care funding reforms.

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