Research Summaries

CHE Research Summaries present knowledge and ideas gained from our collaborative research, teaching and other areas of work.

2025

Digital interventions in mental healthcare: are they cost-effective? Naomi Gibbs
RS 52 Digital interventions in mental healthcare-are they cost-effective (PDF , 854kb)
How well-designed payment systems can improve hospital care Adrián Villaseñor
RS 51 How well-designed payment systems can improve hospital care (PDF , 620kb)
Does Adult Social Care boost local economies in England? Francesco Longo
RS 50 Does Adult Social Care boost local economies in England? (PDF , 782kb)
Do you stay in hospital longer if you live alone? James Gaughan
RS 49 Do you stay in hospital longer if you live alone? (PDF , 3,601kb)
Do we value task shifting between health workers appropriately? Peter Murphy
RS 48 Do we value task shifting between health workers appropriately? (PDF , 1,328kb)
Can decision making be improved by sharing information? Marta O. Soares
RS 47 Can decision making be improved by sharing information? (PDF , 665kb)
Home care use during the pandemic: who was affected the most? Anastasia Arabadzhyan
RS 46 Home care use during the pandemic: who was affected the most? (PDF , 1,518kb)
What winter cancellations tell us about NHS waiting times Maria Ana Matias
RS 45 What winter cancellations tell us about NHS waiting times (PDF , 1,120kb)
Methods for guiding health investments: which approach informs decision-making best? Megha Rao
RS 44 Methods for guiding health investments approach informs decision-making (PDF , 1,168kb)
Can primary care reduce emergency hospital attendances? Rita Santos
RS 43 Can primary care reduce emergency hospital attendances? (PDF , 1,526kb)
Improving healthcare quality without financial incentives Finn McGuire
RS 42 Improving healthcare quality without financial incentives (PDF , 3,396kb)
How can we assess the value of new antibiotics? Dina Jankovic
RS 41 How can we assess the value of new antibiotics? (PDF , 1,386kb)
Psychological treatment can improve overall mental health Rowena Jacobs
RS 40 Psychological treatment can improve overall mental health (PDF , 115kb)
Are investments in urban green space worthwhile? Wajeeha Raza and Laura Bojke
RS 39 Are investments in urban green space worthwhile? (PDF , 1,824kb)
Financial risk, conflict and vulnerability: healthcare costs in Palestine Julia Hatamyar
RS 38 Financial risk, conflict and vulnerability: healthcare costs in Palestine (PDF , 1,423kb)
How can health systems improve medicines funding and pricing policies? Alfredo Palacios
RS 37 How can health systems improve medicines funding and pricing policies? (PDF , 774kb)
Patient welfare implications of hospital closures Rita Santos
RS 36 Patient welfare implications of hospital closures (PDF , 798kb)
How a strong primary care system saved lives in Brazil during COVID-19 Rodrigo Moreno-Serra
RS 35 How a strong primary care system saved lives in Brazil during COVID-19 (PDF , 1,182kb)
A&E departments under pressure - which ones and why? Martin Chalkley
RS 34 A&E departments under pressure - which ones and why? (PDF , 1,127kb)

2024

Patients and society both benefit from being healthy Shainur Premji, Susan Griffin
RS 33 Patients and society both benefit from being healthy (PDF , 1,606kb)
The healthcare and financial implications of forced displacement Iván Ochoa-Moreno
RS 32 The healthcare and financial implications of forced displacement (PDF , 1,670kb)
A picture of mental health services in the NHS in England Adrián Villaseñor, Maria Ana Matias
RS 31 A picture of mental health services in the NHS in England (PDF , 1,025kb)
The effect of community diagnostic centres in England Jinglin Wen
RS 30 The effect of community diagnostic centres in England (PDF , 974kb)
Bridging gaps in health system efficiency: insights from the Thanzi La Onse project Tara Mangal
RS 29 Bridging gaps in health system efficiency (PDF , 499kb)
Using machine learning to identify the right treatment for the right patient David Glynn
RS 28 Using machine learning to identify right treatment for the right patient (PDF , 1,611kb)
Can financial incentives boost physical health checks for people with serious mental illness? Maria Ana Matias
RS 27 Financial incentives physical health checks for people with mental illness (PDF , 381kb)
Does conflict-related violence affect people’s mental health? Andrea Salas Ortiz
RS 26 Does conflict-related violence affect people's mental health? (PDF , 1,311kb)
Connecting commissioning decisions and economic evaluation Gerry Richardson
RS 25 Connecting commissioning decisions and economic evaluation (PDF , 1,054kb)
Waiting for surgery: should waiting times be the same for all Naomi Gibbs
RS 24 Waiting for surgery: should waiting times be the same for all procedures? (PDF , 1,309kb)
Measuring what matters in mental healthcare Rowena Jacobs
RS 23 Measuring what matters in mental healthcare (PDF , 135kb)
Health and climate change: research priorities for local authorities Laura Bojke
RS 22 Health and climate change: research priorities for local authorities (PDF , 745kb)
How do counterinsurgency efforts affect public health financing during conflicts? Rodrigo Moreno-Serra
RS 21 How do counterinsurgency efforts affect public health financing (PDF , 646kb)
Living though the COVID-19 pandemic as an end-of-life cancer patient Anastasia Arabadzhyan
RS 20 Living through the COVID-19 pandemic as an end-of-life cancer patient (PDF , 2,497kb)
Health Economics in Humanitarian Action: Fulfilling the Promise of Sustainable Development for All Wiktoria Tafesse and Sumit Mazumdar
RS 19 Health economics in humanitarian action (PDF , 1,384kb)
How should we reward pharmaceutical innovation? Karl Claxton
RS 18 How should we reward pharmaceutical innovation? (PDF , 2,761kb)
Better diagnosis for people with genetically raised cholesterol Beth Woods
RS 17 Better diagnosis for people with genetically raised cholesterol (PDF , 229kb)
Does GP dispensing increase NHS costs? Nils Gutacker
RS 16 Does GP dispensing increase NHS costs? (PDF , 224kb)
Standardised reporting of economic evaluations: the CHEERS Value of Information checklist Natalia Kunst
RS 15 Standardised reporting of economic evaluations (PDF , 226kb)

2023

Is extending eligibility for Adult Social Care better than spending more on people who already use services? Francesco Longo and Karl Claxton
RS 14 Is extending eligibility for Adult Social Care better than spending more (PDF , 6,386kb)
Strengthening capability in global health economics in Africa: a contribution from CHE Helen Weatherly and James Lomas
RS 13 Strengthening capability in global health economics in Africa (PDF , 1,902kb)
What can we learn about mental health services from the Covid-19 pandemic? Adrián Villaseñor
RS 12 What can we learn about mental health services from the Covid-19 pandemic? (PDF , 1,590kb)
Getting more health from limited resources in Uganda Sakshi Mohan
RS 11 Getting more health from limited resources in Uganda (PDF , 917kb)
How can we prioritise medical research in areas when there are no previous studies of treatments? David Glynn
RS 10 How can we prioritise medical research in areas when there are no previous (PDF , 119kb)
Estimating the health effects of changes in health care expenditure Karl Claxton
RS 9 Estimating the health effects of changes in health care expenditure (PDF , 305kb)
Acting early to avoid adverse outcomes in adolescence for Gen Z Richard Cookson
RS 8 Acting early to avoid adverse outcomes in adolescence for Gen Z (PDF , 3,286kb)
Designing wearable digital health technologies: what do people want? Andrea Manca
RS 7 Designing wearable digital health technologies: what do people want? (PDF , 86kb)
Does it matter how we finance healthcare systems? Jacopo Gabani
RS 6 Does it matter how we finance healthcare systems? (PDF , 1,490kb)
Health opportunity costs: tomorrow won’t be the same as today Jessica Ochalek
RS 5 Health opportunity costs: tomorrow won’t be the same as today (PDF , 872kb)
Time to increase General Practitioner rewards for preventive care in mental health? Panos Kasteridis
RS 4 Time to increase General Practitioner rewards for preventive care (PDF , 224kb)
Creating open-access resources for undertaking expert elicitation in healthcare decision-making Laura Bojke
RS 3 Creating open-access resources for undertaking expert elicitation (PDF , 187kb)
Working during COVID-19: the impact on people with mental health disabilities Nigel Rice
RS 2 Working during COVID-19: impact on people with mental health disabilities (PDF , 1,038kb)
Is bigger better in primary care? Rita Santos
RS 1 Is bigger better in primary care? (PDF , 265kb)