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Journal articleHauck K, Street A, 2007,
Do targets matter? A comparison of English and Welsh National Health priorities
, Health Economics, Vol: 16, Pages: 275-290, ISSN: 1099-1050National priorities and performance management regimes in the National Health Services of England and Wales diverged following devolution, most notably with respect to the use of waiting time targets, which have been progressively strengthened in England but were abandoned in Wales in the immediate post-devolution period. We analyse routine data collected over a six-year period from three English and one Welsh hospital trust close to the English–Welsh border to ascertain whether: (a) there is evidence of differential performance over time that relates to the country where the hospital is located; (b) within each hospital, there is evidence that English and Welsh patients faced different waiting times. Over the period the English hospitals recorded increased levels of activity, undertook proportionately more day case activity, and mortality rates fell. Activity levels remained constant in Wales, the proportion of day case activity fell, proportionately more non-elective patients were admitted, and mortality rates rose. There is partial evidence that English patients faced lower waiting times than their Welsh counterparts and were more likely to be admitted within a target waiting period. The stronger performance management regime operating in England appears to have contributed to higher levels of performance in the English hospitals over the period. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Journal articleGuan Y, Chen H, Li K, et al., 2007,
A model to control the epidemic of H5N1 influenza at the source.
, BMC Infect Dis, Vol: 7, Pages: 132-132 -
Journal articleFraser K, Stowe D, GallowaY S, et al., 2007,
The role of dislocations in producing efficient near-bandgap luminescence from silicon
, PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI C - CURRENT TOPICS IN SOLID STATE PHYSICS, VOL 4, NO 8, Vol: 4, Pages: 2977-+, ISSN: 1862-6351- Author Web Link
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Book chapterMugurungi O, Gregson S, McNaghten AD, et al., 2007,
HIV IN ZIMBABWE 1985-2003: MEASUREMENT, TRENDS AND IMPACT
, HIV, RESURGENT INFECTIONS AND POPULATION CHANGE IN AFRICA, Editors: Carael, Glynn, Publisher: SPRINGER, Pages: 195-213- Author Web Link
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Journal articleFrench MD, Rollinson D, Basanez M-G, et al., 2007,
School-based control of urinary schistosomiasis on Zanzibar, Tanzania: Monitoring micro-haematuria with reagent strips as a rapid urological assessment
, Journal of Pediatric Urology, Vol: 3, Pages: 364-368Objective: To evaluate micro-haematuria, detected by Haemastix reagent strips, for diagnosis of urinary schistosomiasis during a 3-year period of school-based control on Zanzibar. Patients and methods: A sub-set of school children, from a total of 135,000 who were receiving treatment for urinary schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis, were monitored by parasitological and questionnaire methods for Schistosoma haematobium infections: at treatment baseline in 2004 (nZ2002), follow up with re-treatment in 2005 (nZ3278) and further follow up with re-treatment in 2006 (nZ3993). Standard diagnostic scores for micro-haematuria were calculated against parasitological assessment. Results: Diagnostic scores of Haemastix remained strong throughout the 3-year period. In 2006, scores were: sensitivity (SS)=0.86 (95% CI: 0.86-0.88), specificity (SP)=0.99 (0.98-1.00), positive predictive value (PPV)=0.90 (0.88-0.91), negative predictive value (NPV)=0.98 (0.98-0.99) in boys; and SS=0.84 (0.82-0.86), SP=0.98 (0.98-0.99), PPV=0.77 (0.75-0.79) and NPV=0.99 (0.99-1.00) in girls. By comparison, reported blood in urine and pain upon urination were much lower and not as informative. Conclusion: At a cost of approximately £0.20/test, further use of reagent strips for monitoring of urinary schistosomiasis during ongoing control programmes should be advocated as a rapid, cost effective and informative disease surveillance tool.
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Journal articleBrisson M, Van de Velde N, Boily MC, 2007,
The potential cost-effectiveness of prophylactic human papillomavirus vaccines in Canada
, Vaccine, Vol: 25, Pages: 5399-5408 -
Journal articleCauchemez S, Ferguson NM, 2007,
Likelihood-based estimation of continuous-time epidemic models from time-series data: Application to measles transmission in London
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Journal articleBrisson M, Van de Velde N, Boily MC, 2007,
The potential cost-effectiveness of prophylactic human papillomavirus vaccines in Canada
, Vaccine, Vol: 25, Pages: 5399-5408 -
Journal articleVan de Velde N, Brisson M, Boily MC, 2007,
Modeling human papillomavirus vaccine effectiveness: quantifying the impact of parameter uncertainty
, American Journal Epidemioly, Vol: 165, Pages: 762-775 -
Journal articleVivas-Martínez S, Grillet ME, Botto C, et al., 2007,
[Human onchocerciasis in the Amazonian focus]
, Boletín de Malariología y Salud Ambiental, Vol: 47, Pages: 15-46
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