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Dondo T, Hall M, Timmis A, Yan A, Batin P, Oliver G, et al.
BMJ Open . 2016 Jul; 6(7):e011600. PMID: 27406646
Objectives: To investigate geographic variation in guideline-indicated treatments for non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) in the English National Health Service (NHS). Design: Cohort study using registry data from the Myocardial Ischaemia...
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Bernal-Delgado E, Christiansen T, Bloor K, Mateus C, Yazbeck A, Munck J, et al.
Eur J Public Health . 2015 Feb; 25 Suppl 1:3-7. PMID: 25690123
Background: Strengthening health-care effectiveness, increasing accessibility and improving resilience are key goals in the upcoming European Union health-care agenda. European Collaboration for Health-Care Optimization (ECHO), an international research project on...
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Ambrosio E, Bloor K, MacPherson H
Complement Ther Med . 2012 Aug; 20(5):364-74. PMID: 22863652
Background: The economic burden that chronic pain conditions impose on individuals and society is significant. Acupuncture appears to be a clinically effective treatment for some chronic pain conditions. Given the...
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Williams J, Russell I, Durai D, Cheung W, Farrin A, Bloor K, et al.
Health Technol Assess . 2006 Oct; 10(40):iii-iv, ix-x, 1-195. PMID: 17018229
Objectives: To compare the clinical outcome and cost-effectiveness of doctors and nurses undertaking upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy. Design: The study was a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Zelen's randomisation before...
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Brealey S, King D, Hahn S, Godfrey C, Crowe M, Bloor K, et al.
Br J Radiol . 2005 May; 78(930):499-505. PMID: 15901575
The costs and effects of introducing selectively trained radiographers reporting accident and emergency (A&E) radiographs of the appendicular skeleton in a district general hospital were assessed using a retrospective controlled...
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Bloor K, Maynard A
J Health Serv Res Policy . 2001 May; 6(2):105-13. PMID: 11357241
The UK National Health Service (NHS) is a labour-intensive service, yet the productivity of one of the largest labour forces in the world has been relatively ignored over the last...
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Maynard A, Bloor K
BMJ . 2001 Mar; 322(7285):541-4. PMID: 11230073
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Bloor K, Maynard A
Pharmacoeconomics . 2000 Sep; 17(6):539-44. PMID: 10977392
Disease management has been marketed by healthcare industry providers as a way of improving resource allocation in healthcare and containing costs. However, to achieve improved efficiency in healthcare requires the...
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Maynard A, Bloor K
J Health Hum Serv Adm . 1999 May; 20(4):423-41. PMID: 10338720
The UK NHS has a number of important strengths. Its costs are relatively low compared to the health care systems of other developed countries due in part to cash limited...