Review Current members Chair: (2008)
E Berry, S Kelly, J Hutton, Km Harris, P Roderick, Jc Boyce, ...
A systematic literature review of spiral and electron beam computed tomography: with particular reference to clinical applications in hepatic lesions, pulmonary embolus and
Guha, I.N., Parkes, J., Roderick, P., Chattopadhyay, D., Cross, R., Harris, S., ...
The detection of fibrosis within nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is important for ascertaining prognosis and the stratification of patients for emerging therapeutic intervention. We...
Patients with diabetic nephropathy on renal replacement therapy in England and Wales (2007)
Nitsch, D., Burden, R., Steenkamp, R., Ansell, D., Byrne, C., Caskey, F., ...
Background: The incidence of patients with diabetic nephropathy (DN) who start renal replacement therapy (RRT) is increasing. Aim: To describe the characteristics and survival of patients with DN...
End-of-life care in community hospitals: The perceptions of bereaved family members (2006)
Hawker, S., Kerr, C., Payne, S., Davis, C., Roberts, H., Jarrett, N., ...
Objectives: The perceptions of bereaved family members were obtained to evaluate the nature and quality of end-of-life care in community hospitals. Design: During organizational case studies in six...
Case series of sudden cardiac death (2006)
Chase, D., Roderick, P., Gallagher, P., Burnley, H., Roberts, P.R., Morgan, J.M.
Objective: The objective of this study was to establish whether Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) victims could have been identified prior to their event and potentially considered for an implantable...
Current chronic kidney disease practice patterns in the UK: A national survey (2006)
Ahmad, A., Roderick, P., Ward, M., Steenkamp, R., Burden, R., O'donoghue, D., ...
Background: There is an increasing focus on improving the detection and management of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Data on CKD prevalence based on population sampling are now...
Current chronic kidney disease practice patterns in the UK: a national survey (2006)
Ahmad, A., Roderick, P., Ward, M., Steenkamp, R., Burden, R., O'Donoghue, D., ...
Background: There is an increasing focus on improving the detection and management of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Data on CKD prevalence based on population sampling are now...
Performance of serum marker panels for liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C (2006)
Parkes, J., Guha, I.N., Roderick, P., Rosenberg, W.M.
Background/Aims: chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is characterised by hepatic fibrosis, used as a proxy measure of prognosis. Liver biopsy is a flawed reference standard and serum markers of fibrosis offer...
Social deprivation and survival on renal replacement therapy in England and Wales (2006)
Caskey, F.J., Roderick, P., Steenkamp, R., Nitsch, D ., Thomas, K., Ansell, D., ...
This study examines the association between social deprivation and patient characteristics and outcomes in a nationally representative cohort of incident renal replacement therapy (RRT) patients. All...
Chase, D., Roderick, P., Cooper, K., Davies, R., Quinn, T., Raftery, J.
OBJECTIVES: To quantify the health gains and costs associated with improving ambulance and thrombolysis response times for acute myocardial infarction. DESIGN: A computer simulation model....
Jones, C., Roderick, P., Harris, S., Rogerson, M.
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common, and nephrology services may not cope with the comprehensive referral of patients with CKD. We evaluated a shared primary and secondary care...
Current chronic kidney disease practice patterns in the UK: a national survey (2006)
Ahmad, A., Roderick, P., Ward, M., Steenkamp, R., Burden, R., O’Donoghue, D., ...
Background: There is an increasing focus on improving the detection and management of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Data on CKD prevalence based on population sampling are now...
Current chronic kidney disease practice patterns in the UK: a national survey (2006)
Ahmad, A., Roderick, P., Ward, M., Steenkamp, R., Burden, R., O'Donoghue, D., ...
Background: There is an increasing focus on improving the detection and management of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Data on CKD prevalence based on population sampling are now...
Current chronic kidney disease practice patterns in the UK: a national survey (2006)
Ahmad, A., Roderick, P., Ward, M., Steenkamp, R., Burden, R., O’Donoghue, D., ...
Background: There is an increasing focus on improving the detection and management of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Data on CKD prevalence based on population sampling are now...
Roderick, P., Ferris, G., Wilson, K., Halls, H., Jackson, D., Collins, R., ...
Objectives The objectives of this study were to assess the benefits in terms of reductions in the risks of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and of pulmonary embolism (PE), and hazards in terms of major...
Roderick, P., Nicholson, T., Armitage, A., Mehta, R., Mullee, M., Gerard, K., ...
Aim/ Principal Research Question: The prevalence and annual acceptance rates for renal replacement therapy (RRT) have increased significantly over the past decades and continue to rise. Over 30,000...
Roderick, P., Nicholson, T., Armitage, A., Mullee, M., Gerard, K., Drey, N., ...
Objectives: To survey the structure, processes and organisation of renal satellite units (RSUs) in England and Wales (Phase 1), and to compare the effectiveness, acceptability, accessibility and...
Patch, C., Roderick, P., Rosenberg, W.
Background/Aims Haemochromatosis provides an example where a novel pragmatic genotypic screening strategy may be compared with a phenotypic strategy assessing factors affecting uptake, feasibility...
Rabindranath, K.S., Strippoli, G.F., Roderick, P., Wallace, S.A., Macleod, A.M., Daly, C.
BACKGROUND: We performed a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing hemodialysis (HD), hemofiltration (HF), hemodiafiltration (HDF), and acetate-free biofiltration (AFB) in...
Dinnes, J., Deeks, J., Kirby, J., Roderick, P.
OBJECTIVES: To review how heterogeneity has been examined in systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies. DATA SOURCES: Centre for Reviews and Dissemination's Database of Abstracts of...
Dinnes, J., Deeks, J., Kirby, J., Roderick, P.
Background Systematic reviews of therapeutic interventions are now commonplace in many if not most areas of healthcare, and in recent years interest has turned to applying similar techniques to...
Physical measures for treating depression in dialysis patients (2005)
Rabindranath, K.S., Butler, J.A., Macleod, A.M., Roderick, P., Wallace, S.A., Daly, C.
Background Depression is the most common psychological problem in the chronic dialysis population. The diagnosis of depression in patients on chronic dialysis is confounded by the fact that several...
Potential use of routine databases in health technology assessment (2005)
Raftery, J., Roderick, P., Stevens, A.
Introduction This report defines health technology assessment to include the investigation of (i) effectiveness, (ii) diffusion and equity and (iii) cost – all as applied to the range of health...
Roderick, P., Nicholson, T., Armitage, A., Mehta, R., Mullee, M., Gerard, K., ...
OBJECTIVES: To survey of the structure, processes and organisation of renal satellite units (RSUs) in England and Wales (Phase 1), and to compare the effectiveness, acceptability, accessibility and...
Roderick, P., Ferris, G., Wilson, K., Halls, H., Jackson, D., Collins, R., ...
Objectives The objectives of this study were to assess the benefits in terms of reductions in the risks of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and of pulmonary embolism (PE), and hazards in terms of major...
Rabindranath, K.S., Strippoli, G.F., Roderick, P., Wallace, S.A., Macleod, A.M., Daly, C.
Background: We performed a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing hemodialysis (HD), hemofiltration (HF), hemodiafiltration (HDF), and acetate-free biofiltration (AFB) in...
Appendices only Go to main text (2005)
J Raftery, P Roderick, A Stevens, Nhs R, D Hta Programme
How to obtain copies of this and other HTA Programme reports. An electronic version of this publication, in Adobe Acrobat format, is available for downloading free of charge for personal use from the...
Community hospitals: an unrecognized resource for palliative care (2004)
Payne, S., Kerr, C., Hawker, S., Seamark, D., Davis, C., Roberts, H., ...
Hawker, S., Payne, S., Kerr, C., Sheldon, F., Seamark, D., Davis, C., ...
Distance, rurality and the need for care: access to health services in South West England (2004)
Jordan, H., Roderick, P., Martin, D., Barnett, S.
Background This paper explores the geographical accessibility of health services in urban and rural areas of the South West of England, comparing two measures of geographical access and...
The Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000 and accessibility effects on health (2004)
Jordan, H., Roderick, P., Martin, D.
Study objective: To investigate whether the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000 (IMD) is more strongly related to inequalities in health in rural areas than traditional deprivation indices. To explore...
Patch, C., Roderick, P., Rosenberg, W.
Purpose: Hemochromatosis is a treatable disorder with a major genetic predisposition. It provides an example in which genotypic and phenotypic strategies for screening may be compared. We previously...
A clinical and cost evaluation of hemodialysis in renal satellite units in England and Wales (2004)
Roderick, P., Armitage, A., Nicholson, T., Mehta, R., Gerard, K., Mullee, M., ...
Background: The prevalence rate of renal replacement therapy in the United Kingdom has increased significantly, particularly by long-term hemodialysis (HD) therapy in renal satellite units (RSUs)....
Liver function tests: defining what's normal (2004)
Chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma are major worldwide public health problems in countries with endemically high levels of viral hepatitis (B and C).1 However, even in western...
Roderick, P., Davies, R., Raftery, J., Crabbe, D., Pearce, R., Bhandari, P., ...
Aim/ principal research question: To develop a discrete-event simulation model to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of population screening for H. pylori in England and Wales to prevent both gastric...
Objectives: To expand care for chronic haemodialysis (HD) patients throughout England and Wales by studying two aspects of service delivery that are important: to identify relative performance of...
Exworthy, M., Wilkinson, E.K., McColl, A., Moore, M., Roderick, P., Smith, H., ...
Performance indicators (PIs) are widely used across the UK public sector, but they have only recently been applied to clinical care. In doing so, they challenge a previously guarded aspect of...
Skipper, C., Guy, J.M., Parkes, J., Roderick, P., Rosenberg, W.M.
Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major public health problem recognised by the UK National Strategy that proposes that a care pathway for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment be...
The evaluation of disease prevention and treatment using simulation models (2003)
Davies, R., Roderick, P., Raftery, J.
Health policy models provide measures of the effectiveness and costs of complex health care interventions making it possible to compare different policies. We look at the validity of models of...
Roderick, P., Davies, R., Raftery, J., Crabbe, D., Pearce, R., Patel, P., ...
Objectives: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of population screening for Helicobacter pylori in preventing gastric cancer and peptic ulcer disease in England and Wales. Methods: A discrete event...
Roderick, P., Davies, R., Raftery, J., Crabbe, D., Pearce, R. P., Patel, P.
Background Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes chronic inflammation of the stomach (gastritis). Such infection is a major cause of peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer. H....
Wrigley, H., Roderick, P., George, S., Smith, J., Mullee, M., Goddard, J.
Objective: To investigate whether socioeconomic deprivation is associated with cause specific and all cause survival for colorectal cancer and to what extent this is independent of significant...
Health-related quality of life in haemodialysis patients – EQ5D compared with SF-36 (2003)
Gerard, K., Nicholson, T., Mullee, M., Mehta, R., Roderick, P.
A population-based study of the incidence and outcomes of diagnosed chronic kidney disease (2003)
Drey, N., Roderick, P., Mullee, M., Rogerson, M.
Background: This study aims to determine the incidence rate and prognosis of detected chronic kidney disease (CKD) in a defined population. Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of all new...
Wrigley, H., Roderick, P., George, S., Smith, J., Mullee, M., Goddard, J.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether socioeconomic deprivation is associated with cause specific and all cause survival for colorectal cancer and to what extent this is independent of significant...
Exworthy, M., Wilkinson, E.K., McColl, A., Moore, M., Roderick, P., Smith, H., ...
Performance indicators (PIs) are widely used across the UK public sector, but they have only recently been applied to clinical care. In doing so, they challenge a previously guarded aspect of...
Davies, R., Crabbe, D., Roderick, P., Goddard, J.R., Raftery, J., Patel, P.
A discrete event simulation model has evaluated a screening programme for Helicobacter pylori infection (H. pylori) in which individuals under the age of 50 years would be screened once. Eradication...
Barnett, S., Roderick, P., Martin, D., Diamond, I., Wrigley, H.
Study objective: To examine the relations between geographical variations in mortality, morbidity, and deprivation at the small area level in the south west of England and to assess whether these...
The evaluation of screening policies for diabetic retinopathy using simulation (2002)
Davies, R., Roderick, P., Canning, C., Brailsford, S.
AIMS: To develop a model for evaluating screening strategies and to use it to determine the cost effectiveness of varying the screening method and the screening interval. METHODS: A discrete event...
Barnett, S., Roderick, P., Martin, D., Diamond, I., Wrigley, H.
Study objective: To examine the relations between geographical variations in mortality, morbidity, and deprivation at the small area level in the south west of England and to assess whether these...
The evaluation of screening policies for diabetic retinopathy using simulation (2002)
Davies, R., Roderick, P., Canning, C., Brailsford, S.
Aims: To develop a model for evaluating screening strategies and to use it to determine the cost effectiveness of varying the screening method and the screening interval. Methods: A discrete event...
Increasing the sophistication of access measurement in a rural healthcare study (2002)
Martin, D., Wrigley, H., Barnett, S., Roderick, P.
This paper considers the problem of deriving realistic access measures between population demand and health service locations, in the context of a rural region of England. The paper reviews...
Late referral for dialysis: improving the management of chronic renal disease (2002)
Roderick, P., Jones, C., Tomson, C., Mason, J.
Background: Timely nephrological referral of patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) is important, but referral at a late stage of disease is common. Aim: To investigate whether late referral of...
Renal services for people with diabetes in the UK (2002)
Diabetic nephropathy is a serious complication of diabetes that can lead to endstage renal failure (ESRF). It is now the most common cause of ESRF in patients accepted onto renal replacement therapy...
Predicting future demand in England, a simulation model of renal replacement therapy (2002)
Roderick, P., Davies, R., Jones, C., Feest, T., Smith, S., Farrington, K.
Barnett, S., Roderick, P., Martin, D., Diamond, I., Wrigley, H.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine the relations between geographical variations in mortality, morbidity, and deprivation at the small area level in the south west of England and to assess whether these...
Late referral for dialysis: improving the management of chronic renal disease (2002)
Roderick, P., Jones, C., Tomson, C., Mason, J.
Background: Timely nephrological referral of patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) is important, but referral at a late stage of disease is common. Aim: To investigate whether late...
Kelly, S., Harris, K.M., Berry, E., Hutton, J., Roderick, P., Cullingworth, J., ...
BACKGROUND: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) may be used for preoperative staging of gastro-oesophageal carcinoma but performance values given in the literature differ. AIMS: To identify and synthesise...
Kelly, S., Harris, K.M., Berry, E., Hutton, J., Roderick, P., Cullingworth, J., ...
BACKGROUND: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) may be used for preoperative staging of gastro-oesophageal carcinoma but performance values given in the literature differ. AIMS: To identify and synthesise...
Kelly, S., Harris, K.M., Berry, E., Hutton, J., Roderick, P., Cullingworth, J., ...
BACKGROUND: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) may be used for preoperative staging of gastro-oesophageal carcinoma but performance values given in the literature differ. AIMS: To identify and synthesise...
Kelly, S., Harris, K.M., Berry, E., Hutton, J., Roderick, P., Cullingworth, J., ...
BACKGROUND: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) may be used for preoperative staging of gastro-oesophageal carcinoma but performance values given in the literature differ. AIMS: To identify and synthesise...
Barnett, S., Roderick, P., Martin, D., Diamond, I.
Study Objective: To examine the geographical variation in self perceived morbidity in the south west of England, and assess the associations with rurality and social deprivation. Design: A...
Roderick, P, Low, J, Day, R, Peasood, T, Mullee, M, Turnbull, J.C., ...
Objectives: to compare the effectiveness and costs of a new domiciliary rehabilitation service for elderly stroke patients with geriatric day-hospital care. Design: randomized controlled trial....
Barnett, S., Roderick, P., Martin, D., Diamond, I.
STUDY OBJECTIVE---To examine the geographical variation in self perceived morbidity in the south west of England, and assess the associations with rurality and social deprivation. DESIGN---A...
Kelly, S., Harris, K.M., Berry, E., Hutton, J., Roderick, P., Cullingworth, J., ...
BACKGROUND: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) may be used for preoperative staging of gastro-oesophageal carcinoma but performance values given in the literature differ. AIMS: To identify and synthesise...
Barnett, S., Roderick, P., Martin, D., Diamond, I.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine the geographical variation in self perceived morbidity in the south west of England, and assess the associations with rurality and social deprivation. DESIGN: A...
Roderick, P., Low, J., Day, R., Peasgood, T., Mullee, M.A., Turnbull, J.C., ...
OBJECTIVES: To compare the effectiveness and costs of a new domiciliary rehabilitation service for elderly stroke patients with geriatric day-hospital care. DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial....
Moon, A. M., Mullee, M. A., Rogers, L., Thompson, R. L., Speller, V., Roderick, P.
The concept of the health-promoting school embodies a holistic, whole school approach to personal and community health promotion. Healthy school award schemes, which are increasing, are seen as one...
Ferris, G, Roderick, P, Smithies, A, George, S, Gabbay, J, Couper, N, ...
Objective: To compare the level of provision of carotid endarterectomy (an intervention of proved efficacy for prevention of stroke in patients with symptomatic high grade carotid artery stenosis)...
Roderick, P, Ruddock, V, Hunt, P, Miller, G
BACKGROUND: Dietary factors are an important contribution to the high rates of coronary heart disease in the UK. One approach to achieving change is health-promoting advice in primary care. AIM: To...
Obstetric outcome in homeless women.
OBJECTIVE--To characterise the pregnant homeless population booking and delivering at St Mary's Hospital, London, and ascertain whether their obstetric outcome was adversely affected by their...
Is housing a public health issue? A survey of directors of public health.
Roderick, P, Victor, C, Connelly, J
OBJECTIVE--To determine the views of directors of public health on the importance of housing for public health and their departments' and health authorities' participation in housing issues....
Ferris, G, Roderick, P, Smithies, A, George, S, Gabbay, J, Couper, N, ...
Objective: To compare the level of provision of carotid endarterectomy (an intervention of proved efficacy for prevention of stroke in patients with symptomatic high grade carotid artery stenosis)...
Roderick, P, Ruddock, V, Hunt, P, Miller, G
BACKGROUND: Dietary factors are an important contribution to the high rates of coronary heart disease in the UK. One approach to achieving change is health-promoting advice in primary care. AIM: To...
Obstetric outcome in homeless women.
OBJECTIVE--To characterise the pregnant homeless population booking and delivering at St Mary's Hospital, London, and ascertain whether their obstetric outcome was adversely affected by their...
Is housing a public health issue? A survey of directors of public health.
Roderick, P, Victor, C, Connelly, J
OBJECTIVE--To determine the views of directors of public health on the importance of housing for public health and their departments' and health authorities' participation in housing issues....
Use of hospital services by homeless families in an inner London health district.
Victor, C. R., Connelly, J., Roderick, P., Cohen, C.
Over the past decade the number of families in London who were considered officially to be homeless appreciably increased. In response to this many families have been given temporary accommodation,...
Kelly, S, Harris, K, Berry, E, Hutton, J, Roderick, P, Cullingworth, J, ...
BACKGROUND—Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) may be used for preoperative staging of gastro-oesophageal carcinoma but performance values given in the literature differ. AIMS—To identify and...
Skipper, C, Guy, J M, Parkes, J, Roderick, P, Rosenberg, W M
Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major public health problem recognised by the UK National Strategy that proposes that a care pathway for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment be...
McColl, A., Roderick, P., Wilkinson, E., Gabbay, J., Smith, H., Moore, M., ...
Helen Smith, senior lecturer in primary care
Reactions to the use of evidence-based performance indicators in primary care: a qualitative study
Wilkinson, E., McColl, A., Exworthy, M., Roderick, P., Smith, H., Moore, M., ...
Objectives—To investigate reactions to the use of evidence-based cardiovascular and stroke performance indicators within one primary care group.
Barnett, S, Roderick, P, Martin, D, Diamond, I
STUDY OBJECTIVE—To examine the geographical variation in self perceived morbidity in the south west of England, and assess the associations with rurality and social deprivation. DESIGN—A...
Barnett, S, Roderick, P, Martin, D, Diamond, I, Wrigley, H
Study objective: To examine the relations between geographical variations in mortality, morbidity, and deprivation at the small area level in the south west of England and to assess whether these...
Wrigley, H, Roderick, P, George, S, Smith, J, Mullee, M, Goddard, J
Objective: To investigate whether socioeconomic deprivation is associated with cause specific and all cause survival for colorectal cancer and to what extent this is independent of significant...
The Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000 and accessibility effects on health
Jordan, H, Roderick, P, Martin, D
Study objective: To investigate whether the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000 (IMD) is more strongly related to inequalities in health in rural areas than traditional deprivation indices. To explore...
Referral of elderly patients with severe renal failure: questionnaire survey of physicians.
Parry, R. G., Crowe, A., Stevens, J. M., Mason, J. C., Roderick, P.
What do health authorities think of population based health outcome indicators?
McColl, A., Roderick, P., Gabbay, J., Ferris, G.
OBJECTIVES: To determine the role of population based indicators of health outcome in local health outcome assessments; the constraints of using such indicators; how they could be made more useful;...
Townsend, J., Roderick, P., Cooper, J.
OBJECTIVE--To assess effects of price, income, and health publicity on cigarette smoking by age, sex, and socioeconomic group. DESIGN--Econometric multiple regression analysis of data on cigarette...