All Outputs (3)

When is it cost-effective to change the behaviour of health professionals? (2001)
Journal Article
Mason, J., Freemantle, N., Nazareth, I., Eccles, M., Haines, A., & Drummond, M. (2001). When is it cost-effective to change the behaviour of health professionals?. Journal of the American Medical Association, 286(23), 2988-2992. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.286.23.2988

Because of the workings of health care systems, new, important, and cost-effective treatments sometimes do not become routine care while well-marketed products of equivocal value achieve widespread adoption. Should policymakers attempt to influence c... Read More about When is it cost-effective to change the behaviour of health professionals?.

Impact of effective health care bulletin on treatment of persistent glue ear in children: time series analysis (2001)
Journal Article
Mason, J., Freemantle, N., & Browning, G. (2001). Impact of effective health care bulletin on treatment of persistent glue ear in children: time series analysis. eBMJ (London), 323(7321), 1096-1097. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.323.7321.1096

During the 1980s, surgery for chronic otitis media with effusion (glue ear) increased greatly without obvious reason.1 "Dry taps"absence of effusion upon incisionwere common, probably because the surgery was performed without the surgeon confirming t... Read More about Impact of effective health care bulletin on treatment of persistent glue ear in children: time series analysis.

Psychiatric illness and mortality after hip fracture (2001)
Journal Article
Nightingale, S., Holmes, J., Mason, J., & House, A. (2001). Psychiatric illness and mortality after hip fracture. The Lancet, 357(9264), 1264-1265. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2800%2904421-4

People with dementia or delirium have increased mortality in the 6 months after hip fracture, but depression might take longer to have an effect. We assessed the psychiatric status of 731 participants with hip fracture and analysed the effect of psyc... Read More about Psychiatric illness and mortality after hip fracture.