Research projects

Our research projects are carefully selected from ideas and projects submitted from our health and care community. They fall under our themes of healthier childhoods, mental health, public health and prevention, and integrated and optimal care.

Showing 32 projects in "Health economics"

Getting Fit for Surgery: evaluating a pre-surgery ‘health optimisation’ policy

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Commissioner, clinician, and patient experiences of a pre‐surgical health optimisation programme – a qualitative study

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Wellbeing in care homes: using outcomes-based practice

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Which types of mental health support offer best value to help children and young people who have experienced abuse or neglect?

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Providing smartphones to survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking

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Overcoming Digital Exclusion during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact of Mobile Technology for Survivors of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking – A Mixed Method Study of Survivors and Support Service Provider Views

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Evaluating ‘Breathing Space’: a safe space for people experiencing mental health crisis

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Evaluating peer-led groups after pain management programmes

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Experiences of Patient-Led Chronic Pain Peer Support Groups After Pain Management Programs: A Qualitative Study

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Drug use in street sex workers: the DUSSK study

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Drug Use in Street Sex worKers (DUSSK) study: results of a mixed methods feasibility study of a complex intervention to reduce illicit drug use in drug dependent female sex workers

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Treating ankle fractures in older people: an analysis of the uptake of close contact casting

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Exploring trends in admissions and treatment for ankle fractures: a longitudinal cohort study of routinely collected hospital data in England

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Releasing resources for optimal care

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Improving the quality of business cases in healthcare

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Developing a framework of quality indicators for healthcare business cases: a qualitative document analysis consolidating insight from expert guidance and current practice

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Patient flow in UK emergency departments: a systematic review of computer simulation modelling

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Patient flow within UK emergency departments: a systematic review of the use of computer simulation modelling methods

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Using capability wellbeing measures to inform outcome-based commissioning at Gloucestershire CCG

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