List of works by Karen Bloor

70 years of NHS funding debate: how do we know how much is enough?

scientific article published on 14 June 2018

A cost-utility scenario analysis of bilateral cochlear implantation.

scientific article published in November 2002

A fair innings for NICE?

scientific article published in January 2002

Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: a protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

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Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: primary care based pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

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An outsider's view of the NHS reforms

scientific article published on August 1994

Building castles on sands or quicksands? The strengths and weaknesses of economic evaluation in pharmaceuticals

scientific article published on 01 January 1998

Challenges and opportunities associated with the introduction of assistant practitioners supporting the work of registered nurses in NHS acute hospital trusts in England.

scientific article published in April 2011

Challenges for the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.

scientific article published on July 2004

Comparing hospital performance within and across countries: an illustrative study of coronary artery bypass graft surgery in England and Spain.

scientific article published on February 2015

Comparing the performance of the Charlson/Deyo and Elixhauser comorbidity measures across five European countries and three conditions

scientific article published on February 2015

Comparing variation across European countries: building geographical areas to provide sounder estimates

scientific article published on February 2015

Consultant clinical activity is key to improving productivity

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

Consultants: managing them means measuring them

scientific article published on 01 December 2002

Cost effectiveness of nurse delivered endoscopy: findings from randomised multi-institution nurse endoscopy trial (MINuET).

scientific article published on 10 February 2009

Cost-effectiveness of acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: findings from an economic evaluation conducted alongside a pragmatic randomised controlled trial in primary care.

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Costs and consequences of acupuncture as a treatment for chronic pain: a systematic review of economic evaluations conducted alongside randomised controlled trials.

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Dilemmas in regulation of the market for pharmaceuticals.

scientific article published in May 2003

Disease management. A global cost-containing initiative?

scientific article published on 01 June 2000

Do risk factors for post-partum smoking relapse vary according to marital status?

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Do we need more doctors?

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Does regulation increase the rate at which doctors leave practice? Analysis of routine hospital data in the English NHS following the introduction of medical revalidation

scientific article published on 11 February 2019

ECHO: health care performance assessment in several European health systems

scientific article published on February 2015

Effect of physicians' gender on communication and consultation length: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 29 July 2013

Effectiveness of nurse delivered endoscopy: findings from randomised multi-institution nurse endoscopy trial (MINuET).

scientific article published on 10 February 2009

Exploring gender differences in the working lives of UK hospital consultants.

scientific article published on 7 January 2015

Gender and variation in activity rates of hospital consultants.

scientific article published in January 2008

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

scientific article published on 03 October 2018

Geographic variation in the treatment of non-ST-segment myocardial infarction in the English National Health Service: a cohort study. ⬇️

scientific article published on 12 July 2016

Global trends in the health-care environment: economic considerations in making a case for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

scientific article published on 01 April 1998

Health care reform: informing difficult choices

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Health service costs of paediatric cochlear implantation: influence of the scale and scope of activity

scientific article published in July 2004

Health-service costs of pediatric cochlear implantation: multi-center analysis.

scientific article published in February 2003

Help or hindrance? The role of economics in rationing health care

scientific article published on October 1995

Hospital Surgical Volumes and Mortality after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Using International Comparisons to Determine a Safe Threshold.

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Impact of NICE guidance on laparoscopic surgery for inguinal hernias: analysis of interrupted time series

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International experience in controlling pharmaceutical expenditure: influencing patients and providers and regulating industry - a systematic review

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Introducing a market to the United Kingdom's National Health Service

scientific article published on 01 February 1996

Is there scope for improving the cost-effective prescribing of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs?

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Lessons from international experience in controlling pharmaceutical expenditure. I: Influencing patients.

scientific article published on June 1996

Lessons from international experience in controlling pharmaceutical expenditure. II: Influencing doctors.

scientific article published on June 1996

Lessons from international experience in controlling pharmaceutical expenditure. III: Regulating industry

scientific article published on July 1996

Minimal access surgery. Through the keyhole

scientific article published on 01 November 1994

NICE wobbles

scientific article published on 01 June 2009

Nurse staffing levels, missed vital signs and mortality in hospitals: retrospective longitudinal observational study

Patient reported outcome measurement: learning to walk before we run.

scientific article published in April 2010

Paying hospital specialists: Experiences and lessons from eight high-income countries.

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

Potential of geographical variation analysis for realigning providers to value-based care. ECHO case study on lower-value indications of C-section in five European countries

scientific article published on February 2015

Potentially avoidable hospitalizations in five European countries in 2009 and time trends from 2002 to 2009 based on administrative data

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Primary care and health care reform: the need to reflect before reforming

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Psychological distress during pregnancy in a multi-ethnic community: findings from the born in Bradford cohort study ⬇️

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Public spending must improve health, not just healthcare

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Recent trends in mortality associated with abuse of volatile substances in the UK.

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Reform of the clinical excellence awards scheme: why are we waiting?

scientific article published on 01 September 2012

Reforming the English NHS: a continuing journey.

scientific article published on January 2010

Reforming the consultant contract again?

scientific article published on October 2004

Reforming the contract of UK consultants.

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Regulating the pharmaceutical industry

scientific article published on July 1997

Regulation of the pharmaceutical industry: promoting health or protecting wealth?

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

Rewarding healthcare teams.

scientific article published on February 1998

Should interventions to reduce variation in care quality target doctors or hospitals? ⬇️

scientific article published on 13 April 2018

Should patients be able to pay top-up fees to receive the treatment they want? No.

scientific article published on 6 May 2008

Socioeconomic inequality in hip replacement in four European countries from 2002 to 2009--area-level analysis of hospital data

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Study authors respond to editorial. Nurse delivered endoscopy

scientific article published on 17 March 2009

Support and follow-up needs of patients discharged from intensive care after severe COVID-19: a mixed-methods study of the views of UK general practitioners and intensive care staff during the pandemic’s first wave

scientific article published on 12 May 2021

Support matters: a mixed methods scoping study on the use of assistant staff in the delivery of community nursing services in England

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The NHS at 60: the next 60 years

scientific article published on 01 July 2008

The costs and effects of introducing selectively trained radiographers to an A&E reporting service: a retrospective controlled before and after study

scientific article published in June 2005

The costs of managing severe cancer pain and potential savings from transdermal administration

scientific article published on January 1994

The death of death rates?

scientific article published on 14 July 2015

The economic impact of pandemic influenza

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

The economics of the NHS cancer drugs fund

scientific article published on 01 May 2011

The effect of physician gender on length of patient consultations: observational findings from the UK hospital setting and synthesis with existing studies.

scientific article published on 7 January 2015

The effects of new pricing and copayment schemes for pharmaceuticals in South Korea.

scientific article published on 14 October 2011

The future role of NICE.

scientific article published on 8 November 2010

The impact of public health insurance on healthcare utilisation in Indonesia: evidence from panel data.

scientific article published on 8 February 2019

The productivity of health care

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

The psychometric properties of the subscales of the GHQ-28 in a multi-ethnic maternal sample: results from the Born in Bradford cohort ⬇️

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Trends in consultant clinical activity and the effect of the 2003 contract change: retrospective analysis of secondary data

scientific article published on 01 November 2012

Trust and performance management in the medical marketplace

scientific article published on 01 November 2003

Trust, performance management and the new GP contract.

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Universal coverage and cost control: the United Kingdom National Health Service.

scientific article published on January 1998

Use of the h-index to measure the quality of the output of health services researchers

scientific article published on 9 January 2014

Using evidence to meet population healthcare needs: A UK perspective.

scientific article published in January 2013

Variation in activity rates of consultant surgeons and the influence of reward structures in the English NHS.

scientific article published in April 2004

What are the clinical outcome and cost-effectiveness of endoscopy undertaken by nurses when compared with doctors? A Multi-Institution Nurse Endoscopy Trial (MINuET)

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

Will financial incentives and penalties improve hospital care?

scientific article published on 21 January 2010

Women in medicine: historical perspectives and recent trends.

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Workforce productivity and incentive structures in the UK National Health Service.

scientific article published in April 2001

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