David Parkin

Research

I am interested in a wide range of topics within health economics, but in particular:

  • the production of health and health care
  • health state measurement and valuation
  • health care decision making
  • health expenditure
  • economic evaluation methods
  • econometric analysis of health and health care data
  • the economics of oral health and dental care

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.)  {*Link*}

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, I., Parkin, D. and Grimshaw, J. From the generic to the condition-specific? Instrument order effects in quality of life assessment. Medical Care, 2003; 41 (7): 777-790. {*Link*}

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, Chichester, 2002. {*Link*}

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, Chichester, 2002. {*Link*}

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 UK. Journal of Public Health Medicine, 2001; 23(1): 47-50. {*Link*}

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.  {*Link*}

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 & Yorkshire R&D Directorate, November 2000.

 

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