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.

Monday 12 September 2016

Latest Publications from HEDS

Despite the quiet summer months it has been a busy time for HEDS colleagues and their collaborators with several new papers published and about to appear in high profile journals.

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 Alshreef, A., Jenks, M., Green, W. and Dixon, S. (n.d.) ‘Review of Economic Submissions to NICE Medical Technologies Evaluation Programme’, Applied Health Economics and Health Policy.

Angus, C. R., Thomas, C., Anderson, P., Meier, P. and Brennan, A. (2016) ‘Estimating the cost-effectiveness of brief interventions for heavy  drinking in primary health care across Europe’, European Journal of Public Health, Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy B - Oxford Open Option D.

Atienzo, E. E., Kaltenthaler, E. and Baxter, S. K. (n.d.) ‘Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of Interventions to Prevent Youth Violence in Latin America: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Evidence Synthesis’, Trauma, Violence, & Abuse.

Bowman, K., Delgado, J., Henley, W. E., Masoli, J. A., Kos, K., Brayne, C., Thokala, P., Lafortune, L., Kuchel, G. A., Ble, A., Melzer, D. and as part of the Ageing Well Programme of the NIHR School for Public Health Research, E. (2016) ‘Obesity in Older People With and Without Conditions Associated With Weight Loss: Follow-up of 955,000 Primary Care Patients.’, J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci [Online]. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27492450.

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Rafia, R., Scope, A., Harnan, S., Stevens, J. W., Stevenson, M. and Lobo, A. (n.d.) ‘Vedolizumab for Treating Moderately to Severely Active Crohn’s Disease After Prior Therapy: An Evidence Review Group Perspective of a NICE Single Technology Appraisal’, PharmacoEconomics


Rohwer, A., Pfadenhauer, L., Burns, J., Brereton, L., Gerhardus, A., Booth, A., Oortwijn, W. and Rehfuess, E. (2016) ‘Logic models help make sense of complexity in systematic reviews and health technology assessments.’, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Elsevier [Online]. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27498377.

Tappenden, P., Harnan, S., Ren, S., Thokala, P., Wong, R., Mukuria, C., Green, C., Pledge, S. and Tidy, J. (n.d.) ‘Olaparib for Maintenance Treatment of BRCA 1 or 2 Mutated, Relapsed, Platinum-Sensitive Ovarian, Fallopian Tube and Peritoneal Cancer in People Whose Relapsed Disease has Responded to Platinum-Based Chemotherapy: An Evidence Review Group Perspective of a NICE Single Technology Appraisal’, PharmacoEconomics.

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Teo, C. H., Ng, C. J., Booth, A. and White, A. (2016) ‘Barriers and facilitators to health screening in men: A systematic review’, Social Science & Medicine.

Thomas, C., Breeze, P., Strong, M., Brennan, A., Norman, P., Cameron, D. and Epton, T. (n.d.) ‘The cost-effectiveness of an updated theory-based online health behavior intervention for new university students: U@Uni2’, Journal of Public Health & Epidemiology.

De Vocht, F., Heron, J., Campbell, R., Egan, M., Mooney, J. D., Angus, C., Brennan, A. and Hickman, M. (n.d.) ‘Testing the impact of local alcohol licencing policies on reported crime rates in England’, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, pp. jech–2016–207753–jech–2016–207753.