The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies is an international (2008)
Elias Mossialos, Monique Mrazek, Tom Walley
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Series
MacBride-Stewart, Sean P, Elton, Rob, Walley, Tom
Background. The 2004 General Medical Services (GMS) contract introduced financial incentives for the management of chronic illnesses in 10 clinical areas. The effect of the scheme on prescribing is...
MacBride-Stewart, Sean P, Elton, Rob, Walley, Tom
Background. The 2004 General Medical Services (GMS) contract introduced financial incentives for the management of chronic illnesses in 10 clinical areas. The effect of the scheme on prescribing is...
MacBride-Stewart, Sean P, Elton, Rob, Walley, Tom
Background. The 2004 General Medical Services (GMS) contract introduced financial incentives for the management of chronic illnesses in 10 clinical areas. The effect of the scheme on prescribing is...
Reconciling national treatment policies and drug regulation in Kenya (2007)
Amin, Abdinasir A, Walley, Tom, Kokwaro, Gilbert O, Winstanley, Peter A, Snow, Robert W
Commentary: Reconciling national treatment policies and drug regulation in Kenya (2007)
Amin, Abdinasir A, Walley, Tom, Kokwaro, Gilbert O, Winstanley, Peter A, Snow, Robert W
Throughout the world, healthcare innovations have put pressure on limited resources while governments and patients have demanded top quality, yet cost effective, services. This makes it increasingly...
Provider incentives and prescribing behaviour in Europe (2005)
Mossialos, Elias, Walley, Tom, Rudisill, Caroline
European policy makers have increasingly moved from primarily focusing on supply-side regulation of pharmaceutical costs to offering incentives for providers’ prescribing behavior. The nature and...
Public policy and the Austrian pharmaceutical market: options for reform (2005)
Mossialos, Elias, Ziniel, Georg, Merkur, Sherry, Walley, Tom, McGuire, Alistair
Exploring groups at high risk of restenosis (2004)
Bagust, Adrian, Bakhai, Ameet, Dickson, Rumona, Dundar, Yenal, Hill, Ruaraidh A, Walley, Tom
Drug-eluting stents: an early systematic review to inform policy (2004)
Hill, Ruaraidh A., Dündar, Yenal, Bakhai, Ameet, Dickson, Rumona, Walley, Tom
Aims To provide systematic assessment of the clinical effectiveness of drug-eluting stents (DES) versus non-DES to inform national guidance. Methods and results The review was conducted according to...
Influences on GPs' decision to prescribe new drugs--the importance of who says what (2003)
Prosser, Helen, Almond, Solomon, Walley, Tom
Objectives. The aim of this study was to understand the range of factors that influence GPs’ uptake of new drugs Methods. A total of 107 GPs selected purposively from high, medium and low new drug...
Enzer, Ian, Robinson, Jude, Pearson, Maggie, Barton, Stuart, Walley, Tom
Objective. To evaluate the reliability of a new tool, the LIV-MAAS, in assessing consultation competence in UK general practice. Design. These were pilot studies, with small numbers of participants....
Background. Prescribing varies considerably between GPs, and a minority of GPs account for a large proportion of new drug prescribing. Objective. Our aim was to explore the differences in approach...
Investigating consumer perspectives on evaluating health technologies (2001)
Oliver, Sandy, Milne, Ruairidh, Bradburn, Jane D., Buchanan, Phyll, Kerridge, Lynn, Walley, Tom, ...
In a short pilot study we systematically involved healthcare consumers in identifying research topics, and prioritizing, commissioning and reporting evaluations of health technologies. We analysed...
Involving consumers in a needs-led research programme: a pilot project (2001)
Oliver, Sandy, Milne, Ruairidh, Bradburn, Jane, Buchanan, Phyll, Kerridge, Lynn, Walley, Tom, ...
Objectives To describe the methods used for involving consumers in a needs-led health research programme, and to discuss facilitators, barriers and goals. Design In a short action research pilot...
Why do GPs not implement evidence-based guidelines? A descriptive study (2001)
Cranney, Mike, Warren, Erica, Barton, Stuart, Gardner, Katy, Walley, Tom
Background. There is an acknowledged gap between research findings and their implementation in clinical practice despite the existence of effective educational interventions. Objectives. Our aim was...
Variations and increase in use of statins across Europe: data from administrative databases
Walley, Tom, Folino-Gallo, Pietro, Schwabe, Ulrich, Van Ganse, Eric
Walley, Tom, Duggan, Andy K, Haycox, Alan R, Niziol, Christie J
Improved practice in the management of hypertension depends on an understanding of existing patterns of treatment. To describe the management of newly diagnosed hypertension in British general...
Duerden, Martin, Barton, Stuart, Johnstone, Elaine, MacLean, Kirsty, Underhill, Jonathan, Walley, Tom
An integrated national pharmaceutical policy for the United Kingdom?
Walley, Tom, Earl-Slater, Alan, Haycox, Alan, Bagust, Adrian
Robinson, J, Walley, Tom, Pearson, M, Taylor, D, Barton, Stuart
BACKGROUND: Consultation skills are essential for general practice. Tools for measuring consultation skills in everyday practice are not well developed AIM: To examine and develop the content...
Understanding why GPs see pharmaceutical representatives: a qualitative interview study.
BACKGROUND: Doctors are aware of the commercial bias in pharmaceutical representative information; nevertheless, such information is known to change doctors' prescribing, and augment irrational...
Variations and increase in use of statins across Europe: data from administrative databases
Walley, Tom, Folino-Gallo, Pietro, Schwabe, Ulrich, Van Ganse, Eric
Walley, Tom, Duggan, Andy K, Haycox, Alan R, Niziol, Christie J
Improved practice in the management of hypertension depends on an understanding of existing patterns of treatment. To describe the management of newly diagnosed hypertension in British general...
Duerden, Martin, Barton, Stuart, Johnstone, Elaine, MacLean, Kirsty, Underhill, Jonathan, Walley, Tom
An integrated national pharmaceutical policy for the United Kingdom?
Walley, Tom, Earl-Slater, Alan, Haycox, Alan, Bagust, Adrian
Robinson, J, Walley, Tom, Pearson, M, Taylor, D, Barton, Stuart
BACKGROUND: Consultation skills are essential for general practice. Tools for measuring consultation skills in everyday practice are not well developed AIM: To examine and develop the content...
Understanding why GPs see pharmaceutical representatives: a qualitative interview study.
BACKGROUND: Doctors are aware of the commercial bias in pharmaceutical representative information; nevertheless, such information is known to change doctors' prescribing, and augment irrational...
Dyfrig A. Hughes, Adrian Bagust, Alan Haycox, Tom Walley
Non-compliance with drug therapies not only limits their effectiveness, but in some instances, is associated with grave clinical sequelae and substantial economic burden. It is important, therefore,...
There is a pressing need for medical graduates to be fully prepared to take on the responsibilities of prescribing and to be able to respond to continual inevitable rapid changes in therapeutics. The...
Diltiazem co-treatment in renal transplant patients receiving microemulsion cyclosporin
Kumana, Cyrus R, Tong, Matthew K L, Li, Chun-Sang, Lauder, Ian J, Lee, Joseph S K, Kou, Maybelle, ...
Retrospective analysis of opioid prescriptions in cancer patients in a northern Italian Region
Chinellato, Alessandro, Terrazzani, Gianni, Debetto, Patrizia, Zambon, Paola, Guzzinati, Stefano, Walley, Tom, ...
We evaluated patterns of use of opioids in palliative care across one region in Italy by cross-referencing a cancer registry with unique patient identifiers, with prescription databases. There were...
Evaluating laboratory diagnostic tests
International collaboration to set standards and methods is urgently needed
Economic evaluation in health care decision making: evidence from the UK
Mike Drummond, Jonathan Cooke, Tom Walley
Although economic evaluation in health care has a long-standing tradition in the United Kingdom, very little is known about its impact on decision making, particularly following the introduction of...
Economic evaluation in health care decision making: evidence from the UK
Mike Drummond, Jonathan Cooke, Tom Walley
Although economic evaluation in health care has a long-standing tradition in the United Kingdom, very little is known about its impact on decision making, particularly following the introduction of...
The Impact of Health Economics on Healthcare Delivery: The Health Economists' Perspective
Ruth McDonald, Alan Haycox, Tom Walley
Health economics, Pharmacoeconomics
Faced with increasing demands on demonstrating cost effectiveness, pharmaceutical companies are required to conduct pharmacoeconomic evaluations throughout the drug development programme. At present,...
Accounting for Noncompliance in Pharmacoeconomic Evaluations
Dyfrig A. Hughes, Adrian Bagust, Alan Haycox, Tom Walley
Noncompliance with prescribed drug regimens is a widespread phenomenon which results in decreased efficacy and is often associated with increased medical expenditures. Despite this, economic...
General practice fundholders' prescribing savings in one region of the United Kingdom, 1991-1994
Wilson, Robert P. H., Hatcher, Juanita, Barton, Stuart, Walley, Tom
Outcomes, Outcomes Research and Disease Management: A View from the UK
The UK National Health Service (NHS) is in the process of further reforms aimed at restoring a national focus to its activities and also at enhancing the quality of the service it provides. Key...
The current divisions in managing prescribing between primary and secondary care in the UK arise from separate budgetary arrangements. These divisions are neither sensible, organisationally efficient...