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Working Papers

2020

1. The relationship between social care resources and healthcare utilisation by older people in England:an exploratory investigation
   Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York

2019

2. Measuring the activity of mental health services in England: variation in categorising activity for payment purposes
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
3. The impact of primary care incentive schemes on care home placements for people with dementia
   Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York

2018

4. Smoking Inequality across Genders and Socio-economic Classes. Evidence from Longitudinal Italian Data
   DEM Working Papers Series, University of Pavia, Department of Economics and Management View citations (3)
   Also in Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin (2018) View citations (5)

2016

5. Funding of mental health services: Do available data support episodic payment?
   Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York

2015

6. The impact of a wage increase on mental health: Evidence from the UK minimum wage
   Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York View citations (7)
7. The impact of primary care quality on inpatient length of stay for people with dementia: an analysis by discharge destination
   Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York

2013

8. The quality of life of female informal caregivers: from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean Sea
   Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (10)

2012

9. Well-being and psychological consequences of temporary contracts: the case of younger Italian employees
   Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (14)

2011

10. Do hospitals respond to greater autonomy? Evidence from the English NHS
    Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (8)

2009

11. Exploring the impact of public services on quality of life indicators
    Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (3)
12. Investigating Patient Outcome Measures in Mental Health
    Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (6)

2008

13. Do waiting times reduce hospital costs?
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Do waiting times reduce hospital costs?, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2009) View citations (17) (2009)

2006

14. Public services: are composite measures a robust reflection of performance in the public sector?
    Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (4)
15. Trends in health care commissioning in the English NHS: an empirical analysis
    Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (3)

2005

16. Developing new approaches to measuring NHS outputs and productivity
    Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (30)
17. The effects on waiting times of expanding provider choice:evidence from a policy experiment
    Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (1)

2004

18. A descriptive analysis of general acute Trust star ratings
    Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (1)

2003

19. The Effects of Budgets on Doctors Behaviour: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
    The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK View citations (11)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York View citations (12)

2001

20. Towards panel data specifications of efficiency measures for English acute hospitals
    Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (2)

2000

21. Alternative methods to examine hospital efficiency: Data Envelopment Analysis and Stochastic Frontier Analysis
    Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
22. Social health insurance systems in European countries: the role of the insurer in the health care system: a comparative study of four European countries
    Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (3)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Risky behaviours and injuries amongst Catalan children with ADHD: does pharmacological treatment improve outcomes?
   Health Economics Review, 2025, 15, (1), 1-11
2. Socioeconomic inequality in the outcomes of a psychological intervention for depression for South Africans with a co-occurring chronic disease: A decomposition analysis
   Social Science & Medicine, 2025, 366, (C)

2024

3. Measuring the overall performance of mental healthcare providers
   Social Science & Medicine, 2024, 344, (C)

2023

4. Differential costs for the non-adult ADHD population in Catalonia
   Health Economics Review, 2023, 13, (1), 1-12 View citations (1)
5. Impact of prevention in primary care on costs in primary and secondary care for people with serious mental illness
   Health Economics, 2023, 32, (2), 343-355 View citations (1)
6. The Role of Mental Health on Workplace Productivity: A Critical Review of the Literature
   Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 2023, 21, (2), 167-193 View citations (7)

2022

7. Association of environmental and socioeconomic indicators with serious mental illness diagnoses identified from general practitioner practice data in England: A spatial Bayesian modelling study
   PLOS Medicine, 2022, 19, (6), 1-27
8. Valuing quality in mental healthcare: A discrete choice experiment eliciting preferences from mental healthcare service users, mental healthcare professionals and the general population
   Social Science & Medicine, 2022, 301, (C) View citations (3)

2021

9. Investigating the relationship between social care supply and healthcare utilization by older people in England
   Health Economics, 2021, 30, (1), 36-54 View citations (4)

2020

10. Healthcare Costs for People with Serious Mental Illness in England: An Analysis of Costs Across Primary Care, Hospital Care, and Specialist Mental Healthcare
    Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 2020, 18, (2), 177-188 View citations (3)
11. Improving access to services for psychotic patients: does implementing a waiting time target make a difference
    The European Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 21, (5), 703-716
12. Smoking inequality across genders and socio-economic positions. Evidence from Italian data
    Journal of Bioeconomics, 2020, 22, (3), 177-203 View citations (3)

2019

13. Prospective payment systems and discretionary coding—Evidence from English mental health providers
    Health Economics, 2019, 28, (3), 387-402 View citations (2)

2018

14. Autonomy and performance in the public sector: the experience of English NHS hospitals
    The European Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 19, (4), 607-626 View citations (1)
15. Investigating the relationship between costs and outcomes for English mental health providers: a bi-variate multi-level regression analysis
    The European Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 19, (5), 709-718
16. The impact of waiting time on patient outcomes: Evidence from early intervention in psychosis services in England
    Health Economics, 2018, 27, (11), 1772-1787 View citations (18)

2017

17. Do Hospital Boards matter for better, safer, patient care?
    Social Science & Medicine, 2017, 177, (C), 278-287 View citations (2)

2016

18. Does integration of HIV and sexual and reproductive health services improve technical efficiency in Kenya and Swaziland? An application of a two-stage semi parametric approach incorporating quality measures
    Social Science & Medicine, 2016, 151, (C), 147-156 View citations (6)

2015

19. Comparing the performance of English mental health providers in achieving patient outcomes
    Social Science & Medicine, 2015, 140, (C), 127-135
20. The Influence of Primary Care Quality on Hospital Admissions for People with Dementia in England: A Regression Analysis
    PLOS ONE, 2015, 10, (3), 1-14 View citations (9)

2014

21. Hospital admissions for severe mental illness in England: Changes in equity of utilisation at the small area level between 2006 and 2010
    Social Science & Medicine, 2014, 120, (C), 243-251 View citations (2)

2013

22. An international comparison of efficiency of inpatient mental health care systems
    Health Policy, 2013, 112, (1), 88-99 View citations (7)
23. Health, policy and geography: Insights from a multi-level modelling approach
    Social Science & Medicine, 2013, 92, (C), 61-73 View citations (3)
24. The relationship between organizational culture and performance in acute hospitals
    Social Science & Medicine, 2013, 76, (C), 115-125 View citations (16)

2009

25. Do waiting times reduce hospital costs?
    Journal of Health Economics, 2009, 28, (4), 771-780 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Do waiting times reduce hospital costs?, Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (1) (2008)

2008

26. Explaining trends in concentration of healthcare commissioning in the English NHS
    Health Economics, 2008, 17, (8), 907-926 View citations (9)
27. Giving greater financial independence to hospitals—does it make a difference? The case of English NHS Trusts
    Health Economics, 2008, 17, (6), 751-775 View citations (16)
28. Measuring productivity under different incentive structures
    International Journal of Business Performance Management, 2008, 10, (4), 366-373

2007

29. A New Approach To Measuring Health System Output and Productivity
    National Institute Economic Review, 2007, 200, (1), 105-116 View citations (19)
    Also in National Institute Economic Review, 2007, 200, 105-117 (2007) View citations (1)
    National Institute Economic Review, 2007, 200, (1), 105-117 (2007) View citations (24)
30. How Do Performance Indicators Add Up? An Examination of Composite Indicators in Public Services
    Public Money & Management, 2007, 27, (2), 103-110 View citations (10)
31. The effects of expanding patient choice of provider on waiting times: evidence from a policy experiment
    Health Economics, 2007, 16, (2), 113-128 View citations (19)
32. The market for elective surgery: Joint estimation of supply and demand
    Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26, (2), 263-285 View citations (52)

2006

33. The effect of financial incentives on gatekeeping doctors: Evidence from a natural experiment
    Journal of Health Economics, 2006, 25, (3), 449-478 View citations (56)
34. The impact of patient choice and waiting time on the demand for health care: results from the London Patient Choice project
    Applied Economics, 2006, 38, (12), 1363-1370 View citations (3)

2004

35. The effect of practice budgets on patient waiting times: allowing for selection bias
    Health Economics, 2004, 13, (10), 941-958 View citations (21)

2003

36. Do We Have a Redundant Set of Cost-Efficiency Targets in the NHS?
    Public Money & Management, 2003, 23, (1), 67-71
37. Hospital efficiency targets
    Health Economics, 2003, 12, (8), 669-684 View citations (8)

2002

38. Relative performance evaluation of the English acute hospital sector
    Applied Economics, 2002, 34, (9), 1109-1119 View citations (8)
39. Trade‐offs in social health insurance systems
    International Journal of Social Economics, 2002, 29, (11), 861-875

2001

40. Tobacco taxes and government revenue in South Africa
    Journal of Economic Studies, 2001, 28, (6), 397-407 View citations (1)

Books

2006

1. Measuring Efficiency in Health Care
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (144)

Chapters

2014

1. Insecure, Sick and Unhappy? Well-Being Consequences of Temporary Employment Contracts
   A chapter in Factors Affecting Worker Well-being: The Impact of Change in the Labor Market, 2014, vol. 40, pp 157-193 View citations (15)