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.

Tuesday 16 April 2019

Latest Publications from HEDS in March


Our regular monthly trawl for new publications from HEDS in collaboration with colleagues in ScHARR and further afield has reaped a tremendous amount of fresh research. Many of these are currently in press, so you can find much of our work in its open access form via our institutional repository. Tuck in here.  



Angus, C., Brown, J., Beard, E., Gillespie, D., Buykx, P., Kaner, E., Michie, S. & Meier, P. (n.d.) Socioeconomic inequalities in the delivery of Brief Interventions for smoking and excessive drinking: Findings from a cross-sectional household survey in England. BMJ Open. [Online]

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Oxford University Press
       Black, M., Barnes, A. J., Baxter, S., Beynon, C., Clowes, M., Dallat, M., Davies, A., Furber, A., Goyder, E., Jeffery, C., Kritsotakis, E. & Strong, M. (2019) Learning across the UK: A review of public health systems and policy approaches to early child development since political devolution. Journal of Public Health. [Online] https://academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pubmed/fdz012/5364180

       Brazier, J., Ara, R., Azzabi, I., Busschbach, J., Chevrou-Séverac, H., Crawford, B., Cruz, L., Karnon, J., Lloyd, A., Paisley, S. & Pickard, A. S. (2019) Identification, Review, and Use of Health State Utilities in Cost-Effectiveness Models: An ISPOR Good Practices for Outcomes Research Task Force Report. Value in Health. [Online] 22 (3), 267–275. https://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/article/S1098-3015(19)30051-8/fulltext

Brown, S., Hind, D., Beal, E., Graham, C., Wilkinson, C., Lund, J., Senapati, A., Morton, J., Moffatt, C., Lee, M., Shaw, P. V, Shackley, P., Bradburn, M., Lee, E. & Wysocki, P. (n.d.) The PITSTOP Study: PIlonidal sinus Treatment: STudying the OPtions - Protocol. [Online]  Available from: https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/14802551.

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Springer Journals
Buykx, P. & Hatchard, J. (n.d.) Alcohol and tobacco tax options for the UK: A ‘Syntax’ project rapid review briefing. [Online]  Available from: https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/14515397.

Caro, J. J., Brazier, J. E., Karnon, J., Kolominsky-Rabas, P., McGuire, A. J., Nord, E. & Schlander, M. (2019) Determining value in health technology assessment: Stay the course or tack away? PharmacoEconomics. [Online] 37 (3), 293–299. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40273-018-0742-2

Crocker, T. F., Brown, L., Clegg, A., Farley, K., Franklin, M., Simpkins, S. & Young, J. (2019) Quality of life is substantially worse for community-dwelling older people living with frailty: systematic review and meta-analysis. Quality of Life Research. [Online] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11136-019-02149-1

Fadahunsi, K. P., Akinlua, J. T., O’Connor, S., Wark, P. A., Gallagher, J., Carroll, C., Majeed, A. & O’Donoghue, J. (2019) Protocol for a systematic review and qualitative synthesis of information quality frameworks in eHealth. BMJ Open. [Online] 9 (3), . https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/3/e024722

Fox, G. J., Dodd, P. J. & Marais, B. J. (2019) Household contact investigation to improve tuberculosis control. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. [Online] 19 (3), 235–237. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(19)30061-1/fulltext

Franklin, M., Mukuria, C., Mulhern, B., Tran, I., Brazier, J. & Watson, S. (2019) Measuring the Burden of Schizophrenia Using Clinician and Patient-Reported Measures: An Exploratory Analysis of Construct Validity. The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research. [Online] 1–13. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40271-019-00358-x

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BioMed Journals
        Grundy, A., Keetharuth, D., Barber, R., Carlton, J., Connell, J., Taylor Buck, E., Barkham, M., Ricketts, T., Robotham, D., Rose, D., Kay, J., Hanlom, R. & Brazier, J. (n.d.) Public Involvement in health outcomes research: lessons learnt from the development of the Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) measures. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. [Online]

       Heaven, A., Brown, L., Young, J., Teale, E., Hawkins, R., Spilsbury, K., Mountain, G., Young, T., Goodwin, V., Hanratty, B., Chew-Graham, C., Brundle, C., Mahmood, F., Jacob, I., Daffu-O’Reilly, A. & Clegg, A. (2019) Community ageing research 75+ study (CARE75+): an experimental ageing and frailty research cohort. BMJ Open. [Online] 9 (3), . https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/3/e026744

Latimer, N., Abrams, K. R. & Siebert, U. (2019) Two-stage estimation to adjust for treatment switching in randomised trials: a simulation study investigating the use of inverse probability weighting instead of re-censoring. BMC Medical Research Methodology. [Online] 1969. https://bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12874-019-0709-9

O’Cathain, A., Croot, L., Sworn, K., Duncan, E., Rousseau, N., Turner, K., Yardley, L. & Hoddinott, P. (2019) Taxonomy of approaches to developing interventions to improve health: a systematic methods overview. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. [Online] 5 (41), . https://pilotfeasibilitystudies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40814-019-0425-6

Tappenden, P., Carroll, C., Hamilton, J., Kaltenthaler, E., Wong, R., Wadsley, J., Moss, L. & Balasubramanian, S. (2019) Cabozantinib and vandetanib for unresectable locally advanced or metastatic medullary thyroid cancer: a systematic review and economic model. Health Technology Assessment. [Online] 23 (8), 1–144. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537887/