BHHS Projects

Projects in Progress

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Avoidable cost of alcohol project

BeWel the impact of a body weight and physical activity intervention on adults at risk of developing colorectal adenomas

Data Envelopment Analysis: an application to investigate differences in performance in NHS Scotland

Economic Analysis of dietary and physical activity behaviours: Consequences for obesity interventions. (MRC Capacity Building PhD)

Economic appraisal of the choice and targeting of lifestyle interventions to prevent disease in deprived populations

An evaluation to assess the effectiveness of "Quit 4 U" a smoking cessation service in Dundee combining financial incentives and behavioural support

EVEREST-Explaining the Variation in Epidemiology of RRT outcomes through Expert opinion, Secondary data sources and Technology adoption

An Examination Of Changes Introduced in The Quality And Outcomes Framework in 2006/07 And Their Effects of The Delivery Of Primary Care In Scotland

Feasiblity Study of Use of Direct Payments for Informal Care

Impact of revalidation on the clinical and non-clinical activity

Improving the efficient and equitable care of patients with chronic medical conditions interdisciplinary chronic disease collaboration (ICDC)

The intergenerational transfer of eating habits, physical activity, behaviour and body composition: Evidence from the UK.(MRC Early Career Fellowship)

Investigating the Glasgow effect

Local evaluation of Keep Well in Aberdeen City Community Health

NHS skills mix and labour markets: The role of reward structures, shortages and competition in determining the mix of the NHS workforce

Screening and Brief Interventions for Alcohol Misuse Delivered in the Community Pharmacy Setting: A Pilot Study

Smarter choices, smarter places programme

Socioeconomic inequalities in health and behaviour: Application of novel approaches to identify health inequalities in Scotland and England to inform policy

Telemetric supported self-monitoring of long-term conditions

Testing the Validity of Discrete Choice Experiment Responses for Predicting Workforce Behaviour

Time preference for future health events

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Projects Completed

Adjusting the general medical services allocation formula to reflect recruitment and retention difficulties in deprived areas

Alcohol related inequality in income, are health inequalities affected

Analyses of SPICE data - before and after analysis of nGMS contract

Analysis of the quality and outcomes framework of the nGMS contract in Scotland using national data

Appraisal of children's services

Bar Workers Health and Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure (BHETSE)

Competition and reform: devolved government and public sector pay setting

Criteria and methods for evaluating public involvement in NHS service planning

Delivering health care through Managed Clinical Networks (MCNs); lessons from the North

Diet and health

Economic aspects of alcohol: pricing and taxation

An economic evaluation of obesity problems for UK adults

Economic Evaluation of Tele-Endoscopy

Education, health and time preference

The effect of the affordable warmth programme on internal environmental variables and respiratory health in a vulnerable group: a randomised trial

Effects of GP Fund Holding: evidence from Scotland

Effects of remoteness and rurality on hospital costs

Estimating the expected health benefits to non-smokers of policies to reduce exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)

Evaluation of the Well Men Services Pilots

GPs' responses to a new quality-based payment system

The BIG Trial: a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of breastfeeding support groups in improving breastfeeding initiation, duration and satisfaction

Inequalities in health care consumption and supply and its impact on health

The influence of remoteness and rurality on general practice in Scotland

Internal labour markets and promotion in the medical profession

Investigation of the empirical relationship between economic status and health status

An investigation of the social and economic drivers of the obesity epidemic

Longitudinal analysis of income-related health inequality

Margins between prices paid by the NHS and by independent community pharmacies for prescription items in Scotland

Monitoring performance

MRC IES Platform Grant: Scoping and feasibility preparation for an RCT on post partum weight loss (Weigh Well)

Multi-method Study of Telehomecare Video-visits

National Evaluation of Payment by Results

Nurse labour markets: preferences for pecuniary and non-pecuniary rewards

Payment by results: Key outcomes and variations across HRGs providers and patients in 2006/07 and 2007/08

Personal and professional motivation and the supply of health care

Primary medical services: market structure, investment and outcomes. (NHS Ayrshire & Arran)

Randomised trial of education vs. remuneration for dentists

The relationship between obesity, lifestyles, household income and employment status

Research on regional pay for medical and non-medical staff in the NHS

Review of literature on measuring workforce productivity

Review of Market Forces Factor following the introduction of Payment by Results

Review of Needs Formula 2006/7

Review of the resource allocation adjustment for the excess costs of supply of healthcare services

The role of labour market competition in valuing life and in the production of workplace health and safety

Scoping Study of the economic impact on the alcohol industry of pricing and non-price policies to regulate the affordability and availability of alcohol in Scotland

Second national survey of consultants, SAS doctors and GPs in Scotland

Smoking cessation – analysis of quitters using BHPS

Smoke-free legislation in England & Scotland.  Secondary analysis of data relating to the hospitality sector

The Staff Market Forces factor Component of the Resource Allocation Weighted Capitation Formula

Targets and waiting times: exploiting a quasi-experiment to evaluate the use of targets in the provision of health care in the UK

The use of short-term health outcomes in economic evaluations of health improvement interventions and implications for QALYs

What explains socioeconomic inequality in obesity between England and Scotland?

Who cares? The impact of changing workforce patterns in UK paediatric intensive care services on staff practice and patient outcomes