Research
I am interested in a wide range
of topics within health economics, but in particular:
See my details in EconPapers and IDEAS and Academia
Recent
Publications
Appleby, J, Devlin, N, Parkin, D,
Buxton, M and Chalkidou K. Searching for
cost effectiveness thresholds in the NHS.
Health Policy (Accepted for
publication in 2009. Currently available
online at journal website.)
Dimakou, S, Parkin, D, Devlin, N,
Appleby, J. Identifying the impact of government
targets on waiting times in the NHS. Health Care Management Science, 2009;
12(1):1 {*Link*}
Bowers, L, Whittington, R, Nolan, P,
Parkin, D, Curtis, S, Bhui, K, Hackney, D, Allan, T, Simpson, A. Relationship between service ecology, special
observation and self-harm during acute in-patient care: City-128 study. British
Journal of Psychiatry, Nov 2008; 193: 395 – 401 {*Link*}
Flood, C., Bowers, L, Parkin, D. Estimating the Costs of Conflict and
Containment on Adult Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Wards. Nursing Economics September/October
2008; 26 (5) {*Link*}
Morris, S., Devlin, N. and Parkin, D. Economic Analysis in Health Care, John
Wiley & Sons, 2007 {*Link*}
Appleby J, Devlin N, Parkin D. NICE’s cost effectiveness threshold: how high
should it be? British Medical Journal
2007; 335: 358-359. {*Link*}
Devlin N, Parkin, D. Guidance to users
of EQ-5D value sets. In: Szende, A.,
Oppe, M. and Devlin, N. (Editors) EQ-5D Value Sets: Inventory, Comparative
Review and User Guide, Springer Verlag, 2007 {*Link*}
Parkin, D and Devlin, N. Is there a case for using Visual Analogue Scale
valuations in Cost-Utility Analysis? Health
Economics, 2006; 15(7): 653-664. {*Link*}
There has been a follow up debate on this paper, a comment
by John Brazier and Chris McCabe and a rejoinder
by Parkin and Devlin.
Further contributions to this debate are very welcome!
Parkin, D, Rice, N and Jacoby A. Use of
a visual analogue scale in a daily patient diary: modelling cross-sectional
time-series data on health-related quality of life. Social Science and
Medicine, 2004; 59(2): 351-360. {*Link*}
Additional
resources - Includes Figures omitted from the journal publication because of
space constraints:
Devlin, N. and Parkin,
D. Does NICE have a cost effectiveness threshold and what other factors
influence its decisions? A binary choice analysis. Health Economics,
2004; 13: 437-452. {*Link*}
Devlin, N., Appleby,
J. and Parkin, D. Patients' views of explicit rationing: what are the
implications for health service decision-making? Journal of Health Services
Research and Policy, 2003; 8(3):183-186. {*Link*}
Devlin, N. and Parkin, D.
Funding fertility: Issues in the allocation and distribution of resources to
assisted reproduction technologies. Human Fertility, 2003;
6(Supplement): S2-S6 {*Link*}
Greiner, W., Weijnen, T.,
Nieuwenhuizen, M., Oppe, S., Badia, X., Busschbach, J., Buxton, M., Dolan, P.,
Kind, P., Krabbe, P., Ohinmaa, A., Parkin, D., Roset, M., Sintonen, H.,
Tsuchiya, A. and de Charro, F. A single
European currency for EQ-5D health states Results from a six-country study The
European Journal of Health Economics, 2003; 4(3): 222-231{*Link*}
Hollingsworth, B. and Parkin,
D. Efficiency and productivity change in the English National Health Service:
can Data Envelopment Analysis provide a robust and useful measure? Journal
of Health Services Research and Policy, 2003; 8(4): 230-236. {*Link*}
McColl, E., Eccles, M.,
Rousseau, N., Steen,
Parkin, D and Devlin, N. Measuring
efficiency in dental care. In Scott, A, Maynard, A and Elliott, R. (Editors) Advances
in Health Economics, John Wiley and Sons,
Eccles, M, McColl, E,
Steen, N, Rousseau, N, Grimshaw, J, Parkin, D and Purves, I. Effect of
computerised evidence based guidelines on management of asthma and angina in
adults in primary care: cluster randomised controlled trial. British Medical
Journal, 2002, 325: 941-946 {*Link*}
Parkin, D, Sutton, M and Rice, N. Non-
and semi-parametric estimation of age and time heterogeneity in repeated
cross-sections: application to self-reported morbidity and General Practitioner
utilisation. In: Jones, A and O'Donnell, O. (Editors) Econometric Analysis
of Health Data, John Wiley and Sons,
Robinson, A, and Parkin,
D. Recognising diversity in public preferences: the use of preference
sub-groups in cost-effectiveness analysis. A response to Sculpher and Gafni. Health
Economics, 2002; 11(7): 649-651.{*Link*}
Hollingsworth, B. and Parkin,
D. The efficiency of the delivery of neonatal care in the
Robinson, A, Thomson,
R, Parkin, D, Sudlow, M and Eccles, M. How patients with atrial
fibrillation value different health outcomes: a standard gamble study. Journal
of Health Services Research and Policy, 2001; 6(2): 92-98. {*Link*}
With Tappenden, P. et al. Cost-effectiveness of beta interferons and glatiramer acetate in
the management of multiple sclerosis. Final Report to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence,
July 2001.{*Link*}
Parkin, D, McNamee, P, Jacoby, A,
Miller, P, Thomas, S and Bates, D. Treatment of multiple sclerosis with
interferon beta: an assessment of cost-effectiveness and quality of life. Journal
of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 2000; 68:144-149.
Thomson, R, Parkin,
D, Eccles, M, Sudlow, M and Robinson, R. Decision analysis and guidelines
for anticoagulation therapy to prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Lancet, 2000; 355:956-962. {*Link*}
Eccles, M, Grimshaw,
J, Steen, N, Parkin, D, Purves, I, McColl, E and Rousseau, N. The design
and analysis of an evaluation of computerised decision support: the COGENT
Study. Family Practice, 2000; 17 180-186. {*Link*}
Hollingsworth, B. and Parkin,
D. The effects of teaching on hospital costs and efficiency in the NHS.
Report to NHS Executive Northern &