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"

Improving review appointments for people with long-term conditions

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A proposal to embed patient and public involvement within qualitative data collection and analysis phases of a primary care based implementation study

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Preventing cerebral palsy in premature babies: the PReCePT programme

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National PReCePT Programme: a before-and-after evaluation of the implementation of a national quality improvement programme to increase the uptake of magnesium sulfate in preterm deliveries

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Preventing cerebral palsy in premature babies: the PReCePT programme

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Identifying ‘low value’ operations that the NHS could reduce or stop

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Identifying potentially low value surgical care: A national ecological study in England

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The Bristol Evaluation of Advertising Restrictions Study (BEAR study): Findings from the baseline data

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Assessing exposure to outdoor advertisement for products high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS); is self-reported exposure a useful exposure metric?

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SHarED: Supporting people who are ‘high impact users’ of emergency departments

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Supporting High-impAct useRs in Emergency Departments (SHarED) quality improvement: a mixed-method evaluation

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SHarED: Supporting ‘high impact users’ of emergency departments

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Connecting evidence with decision making

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Understanding opiate substitution therapy and needle and syringe programme delivery in the UK

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Developing recommendations for chronic disease testing in GP practices

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Are guidelines for monitoring chronic disease in primary care evidence based?

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Improving how hospitals forecast unplanned admissions

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Can we accurately forecast non-elective bed occupancy and admissions in the NHS? A time-series MSARIMA analysis of longitudinal data from an NHS Trust

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Improving how hospitals forecast unplanned admissions

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Improving the use of capability wellbeing measures in dementia

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Evaluating the Southwark Digital Health Check pilot

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Evaluation of new investment in psychiatric liaison services at University Hospitals Bristol

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Extending the liaison psychiatry service in a large hospital in the UK: a before and after evaluation of the economic impact and patient care following ED attendances for self-harm

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Evaluating new investment in liaison psychiatry services at University Hospitals Bristol

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Reducing abusive head injuries in babies: Evaluating the ICON programme

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Why we need to improve the evaluation of surgical procedures using shoulder surgery as an example

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Longitudinal study of use and cost of subacromial decompression surgery: the need for effective evaluation of surgical procedures to prevent overtreatment and wasted resources

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How shoulder surgery demonstrates the need to improve evaluation of surgical procedures

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Interpretation of regulatory framework stands in the way of NHS use of cheaper therapy for eye conditions

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A longitudinal study to assess the frequency and cost of antivascular endothelial therapy, and inequalities in access, in England between 2005 and 2015

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Interpretation of regulatory framework stands in the way of NHS use of cheaper therapy for eye conditions

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The impact of policy changes to gluten-free food prescriptions

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Breaking bread: examining the impact of policy changes in access to state-funded provisions of gluten-free foods in England

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The impact of policy changes to gluten-free food prescriptions

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Evaluating social prescribing link workers: a national project

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Evaluating Unity Sexual Health rapid results service

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Modelling patient flows and resource use within a sexual health clinic through discrete event simulation to inform service redesign

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De-adoption: Is the NHS programme to stop treatments that don’t help patients working?

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Can ‘Super Rehab’ turn the tide on a patient’s heart disease? A feasibility study

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