List of works - Sarah Purdy

Epidemiology and impact of multimorbidity in primary care: a retrospective cohort study

scientific article

Measures of multimorbidity and morbidity burden for use in primary care and community settings: a systematic review and guide

scientific article published in March 2012

Ambulatory care sensitive conditions: terminology and disease coding need to be more specific to aid policy makers and clinicians.

scientific article published on 13 January 2009

Which features of primary care affect unscheduled secondary care use? A systematic review

scientific article

Effectiveness of nurse-led brief alcohol intervention: a cluster randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on May 2006

Pharmacist-led interventions to reduce unplanned admissions for older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

scientific article

End-of-life care in hospital: a descriptive study of all inpatient deaths in 1 year

article by J. Abel et al published 28 May 2009 in Palliative Medicine

Is case management effective in reducing the risk of unplanned hospital admissions for older people? A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 12 January 2013

A systematic review of the magnitude and cause of geographic variation in unplanned hospital admission rates and length of stay for ambulatory care sensitive conditions

scientific article (publication date: 2015)

The content of general practice consultations: cross-sectional study based on video recordings

scientific article

Emergency admissions for coronary heart disease: a cross-sectional study of general practice, population and hospital factors in England

scientific article

Emergency respiratory admissions: influence of practice, population and hospital factors.

scientific article

Specialist clinics for reducing emergency admissions in patients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

scientific article published on February 2013

Reducing hospital admissions

scientific article published on January 2008

Implications of comorbidity for primary care costs in the UK: a retrospective observational study

scientific article published on April 2013

Patients who call emergency ambulances for primary care problems: a qualitative study of the decision-making process

scientific article published on 27 March 2013

Acne

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Keep it simple? Predicting primary health care costs with clinical morbidity measures

scientific article

What works in 'real life' to facilitate home deaths and fewer hospital admissions for those at end of life?: results from a realist evaluation of new palliative care services in two English counties

scientific article

Why do patients with 'primary care sensitive' problems access ambulance services? A systematic mapping review of the literature

scientific article

A comparison of functional, patient-based scores in subacromial impingement

Impact of the Marie Curie Cancer Care Delivering Choice Programme in Somerset and North Somerset on place of death and hospital usage: a retrospective cohort study

scientific article

Why do patients seek primary medical care in emergency departments? An ethnographic exploration of access to general practice.

scientific article published on 04 May 2017

Choice of Moisturiser for Eczema Treatment (COMET): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

scientific article

The healthcare costs of heart failure during the last five years of life: A retrospective cohort study

scientific article

"Sometimes we can't fix things": a qualitative study of health care professionals' perceptions of end of life care for patients with heart failure

scientific article published on 14 January 2016

Managing patients with heart failure: a qualitative study of multidisciplinary teams with specialist heart failure nurses

scientific article

Exploring the relationship between general practice characteristics, and attendance at walk-in centres, minor injuries units and EDs in England 2012/2013: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 17 June 2016

Continuity of Primary Care and Emergency Hospital Admissions Among Older Patients in England.

scientific article

Opportunities for primary care to reduce hospital admissions: a cross-sectional study of geographical variation

scientific article

How do population, general practice and hospital factors influence ambulatory care sensitive admissions: a cross sectional study

scientific article

Choice of Moisturiser for Eczema Treatment (COMET): feasibility study of a randomised controlled parallel group trial in children recruited from primary care.

scientific article

Factors influencing professional decision making on unplanned hospital admission: a qualitative study

scientific article

Demographic characteristics and primary health care utilization patterns of strictly orthodox Jewish and non-Jewish patients

scientific article

A pilot randomized, controlled trial of treatment for painful arc of the shoulder

scientific article published in January 2008

Unplanned admissions and the organisational management of heart failure: a multicentre ethnographic, qualitative study

scientific article

Policy makers' perceptions on the use of evidence from evaluations

article

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of serum B-type natriuretic peptide testing and monitoring in patients with heart failure in primary and secondary care: an evidence synthesis, cohort study and cost-effectiveness model

scientific article published on August 2017

Prioritizing ambulatory care sensitive hospital admissions in England for research and intervention: a Delphi exercise

article

Model-based cost-effectiveness analysis of B-type natriuretic peptide-guided care in patients with heart failure

scientific article published on 28 December 2016

Patient participation in research in the managed care environment: key perceptions of members in an HMO

scientific article

To excise or not to excise? Should GPs remove possible melanomas?

scientific article published on February 2011

Does case management for patients with heart failure based in the community reduce unplanned hospital admissions? A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 10 May 2016

“Earthly Angels”? A qualitative study of the domiciliary care worker role in meeting the needs of families caring for those dying at home

article

Home or hospital for people with dementia and one or more other multimorbidities: What is the potential to reduce avoidable emergency admissions? The HOMEWARD Project Protocol

scientific article

Factors associated with hospital deaths in the oldest old: a cross-sectional study

scientific article

Study protocol for an evaluation of the effectiveness of 'care bundles' as a means of improving hospital care and reducing hospital readmission for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

scientific article

The implications of living with heart failure; the impact on everyday life, family support, co-morbidities and access to healthcare: a secondary qualitative analysis

scientific article

Validation of an improved area-based method of calculating general practice-level deprivation

scientific article published on 14 November 2009

General practitioners and emergency departments (GPED)-efficient models of care: a mixed-methods study protocol

scientific article published on 03 October 2018

List of works by Sarah Purdy

Epidemiology and impact of multimorbidity in primary care: a retrospective cohort study

Measures of multimorbidity and morbidity burden for use in primary care and community settings: a systematic review and guide

Ambulatory care sensitive conditions: terminology and disease coding need to be more specific to aid policy makers and clinicians.

Which features of primary care affect unscheduled secondary care use? A systematic review

Effectiveness of nurse-led brief alcohol intervention: a cluster randomized controlled trial

Pharmacist-led interventions to reduce unplanned admissions for older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

End-of-life care in hospital: a descriptive study of all inpatient deaths in 1 year

Is case management effective in reducing the risk of unplanned hospital admissions for older people? A systematic review and meta-analysis

A systematic review of the magnitude and cause of geographic variation in unplanned hospital admission rates and length of stay for ambulatory care sensitive conditions

The content of general practice consultations: cross-sectional study based on video recordings

Emergency admissions for coronary heart disease: a cross-sectional study of general practice, population and hospital factors in England

Emergency respiratory admissions: influence of practice, population and hospital factors.

Specialist clinics for reducing emergency admissions in patients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Reducing hospital admissions

Implications of comorbidity for primary care costs in the UK: a retrospective observational study

Patients who call emergency ambulances for primary care problems: a qualitative study of the decision-making process

Acne

Keep it simple? Predicting primary health care costs with clinical morbidity measures

What works in 'real life' to facilitate home deaths and fewer hospital admissions for those at end of life?: results from a realist evaluation of new palliative care services in two English counties

Why do patients with 'primary care sensitive' problems access ambulance services? A systematic mapping review of the literature

A comparison of functional, patient-based scores in subacromial impingement

Impact of the Marie Curie Cancer Care Delivering Choice Programme in Somerset and North Somerset on place of death and hospital usage: a retrospective cohort study

Why do patients seek primary medical care in emergency departments? An ethnographic exploration of access to general practice.

Choice of Moisturiser for Eczema Treatment (COMET): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

The healthcare costs of heart failure during the last five years of life: A retrospective cohort study

"Sometimes we can't fix things": a qualitative study of health care professionals' perceptions of end of life care for patients with heart failure

Managing patients with heart failure: a qualitative study of multidisciplinary teams with specialist heart failure nurses

Exploring the relationship between general practice characteristics, and attendance at walk-in centres, minor injuries units and EDs in England 2012/2013: a cross-sectional study

Continuity of Primary Care and Emergency Hospital Admissions Among Older Patients in England.

Opportunities for primary care to reduce hospital admissions: a cross-sectional study of geographical variation

How do population, general practice and hospital factors influence ambulatory care sensitive admissions: a cross sectional study

Choice of Moisturiser for Eczema Treatment (COMET): feasibility study of a randomised controlled parallel group trial in children recruited from primary care.

Factors influencing professional decision making on unplanned hospital admission: a qualitative study

Demographic characteristics and primary health care utilization patterns of strictly orthodox Jewish and non-Jewish patients

A pilot randomized, controlled trial of treatment for painful arc of the shoulder

Unplanned admissions and the organisational management of heart failure: a multicentre ethnographic, qualitative study

Policy makers' perceptions on the use of evidence from evaluations

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of serum B-type natriuretic peptide testing and monitoring in patients with heart failure in primary and secondary care: an evidence synthesis, cohort study and cost-effectiveness model

Prioritizing ambulatory care sensitive hospital admissions in England for research and intervention: a Delphi exercise

Model-based cost-effectiveness analysis of B-type natriuretic peptide-guided care in patients with heart failure

Patient participation in research in the managed care environment: key perceptions of members in an HMO

To excise or not to excise? Should GPs remove possible melanomas?

Does case management for patients with heart failure based in the community reduce unplanned hospital admissions? A systematic review and meta-analysis

“Earthly Angels”? A qualitative study of the domiciliary care worker role in meeting the needs of families caring for those dying at home

Home or hospital for people with dementia and one or more other multimorbidities: What is the potential to reduce avoidable emergency admissions? The HOMEWARD Project Protocol

Factors associated with hospital deaths in the oldest old: a cross-sectional study

Study protocol for an evaluation of the effectiveness of 'care bundles' as a means of improving hospital care and reducing hospital readmission for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

The implications of living with heart failure; the impact on everyday life, family support, co-morbidities and access to healthcare: a secondary qualitative analysis

Validation of an improved area-based method of calculating general practice-level deprivation

General practitioners and emergency departments (GPED)-efficient models of care: a mixed-methods study protocol