HEDS is part of the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. We undertake research, teaching, training and consultancy on all aspects of health related decision science, with a particular emphasis on health economics, HTA and evidence synthesis.

Thursday 15 September 2011

Latest journal articles from HEDS

The following articles were published by researchers within HEDS in August (plus a few stragglers from earlier in the year).

Cost-Effectiveness of Aspirin, Celecoxib, and Calcium Chemoprevention for Colorectal Cancer.
Squires H, Tappenden P, Cooper K, Carroll C, Logan R, Hind D
Clin Ther 11 Aug 2011 DOI

What is vision screening? And more importantly, what is it not?
Carlton J, Auld R
British and Irish Orthoptic Journal 67-69

Cost-effectiveness of interventions to return employees to work following long-term sickness absence due to musculoskeletal disorders.
Squires H, Rick J, Carroll C, Hillage J
J Public Health (Oxf) 16 Aug 2011 DOI

The cost-effectiveness of diagnostic management strategies for adults with minor head injury
Holmes MW, Goodacre S, Stevenson MD, Pandor A, Pickering A
Injury 09 Aug 2011 DOI

Diagnostic accuracy of clinical characteristics for identifying CT abnormality following minor head injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Pandor A, Harnan S, Goodacre S, Pickering A, Fitzgerald P, Rees A
J Neurotrauma 01 Aug 2011 DOI

Diagnostic management strategies for adults and children with minor head injury: a systematic review and an economic evaluation.
Pandor A, Goodacre S, Harnan S, Holmes M, Pickering A, Fitzgerald P, Rees A, Stevenson M
Health Technol Assess 15(27):1-283 Aug 2011 DOI

What are the barriers to primary prevention of type 2 diabetes in black and minority ethnic groups in the UK? A qualitative evidence synthesis
Johnson M, Everson-Hock E, Jones R, Woods HB, Payne N, Goyder E
DIABETES RES CLIN PR 93(2):150-158 Aug 2011 DOI

Cost-effectiveness of additional blood screening tests in the Netherlands.
Borkent-Raven BA, Janssen MP, van der Poel CL, Bonsel GJ, van Hout BA
Transfusion 31 Aug 2011 DOI

Magnetic resonance for assessment of axillary lymph node status in early breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Harnan SE, Cooper KL, Meng Y, Ward SE, Fitzgerald P, Papaioannou D, Ingram C, Lorenz E, Wilkinson ID, Wyld L
Eur J Surg Oncol 18 Aug 2011 DOI