Maria Ana Matias

Patterns of use of mental health crisis-related services in the English NHS: retrospective observational study

Maria Ana Matias, Jessica L. Griffiths, Alan Simpson, Anam Bhutta et autres

BACKGROUND: Improving access to community-based crisis care and reducing in-patient admissions are key policy objectives in England, yet evidence on who uses crisis-related services remains limited. AIMS: To examine sociodemographic patterns in the use of six crisis-related services in England: crisis phonelines; …

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Is higher-quality secondary mental healthcare more costly? A systematic review

Jinyang Chen, Adrián Villaseñor, Maria Ana Matias, Amy Barker et autres

BACKGROUND: Mental health disorders impose a substantial disease and economic burden to global health systems. Although expenditure on mental healthcare comprises a relatively small part of overall healthcare budgets, it tends to be concentrated in the secondary mental healthcare sector. This review …

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Patterns of use of mental health crisis-related services in the English NHS: a retrospective observational study

Maria Ana Matias, Jessica Griffiths, Alan Simpson, Anam Bhutta et autres

Abstract Background: Improving access to high-quality community-based crisis care and reducing inpatient admissions are key policy objectives in England, yet evidence on who uses crisis-related services and potential inequalities in access remains limited. Aims: To examine socio-demographic patterns in the use of …

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The impact of loneliness on healthcare costs and service utilisation and the cost-effectiveness of loneliness interventions: systematic review

Sharon Eager, Helen Baldwin, David McDaid, Paul McCrone et autres

BACKGROUND: Loneliness is associated with several physical and mental health problems, yet its costs to the healthcare system remain unclear. AIMS: The current study aimed to review literature on the health and social care impacts of loneliness, and review economic evaluations of …

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What can we learn about the impact of cancelled planned operations on waiting times? A case study using the 2017/18 winter flu postponement policy in England

Maria Ana Matias, Rita Santos, Nils Gutacker, Anne Mason et autres

BACKGROUND: Cancelled operations can potentially impact both health and patient experience through their effect on waiting times. However, identifying causal relationships is challenging. One possible solution is to consider 'exogenous shocks' to the system as a type of natural experiment to quantify …

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Developing an algorithm to identify individuals with psychosis in secondary care in England: application using the Mental Health Services Data Set

Claire de Oliveira, Maria Ana Matias, María José Aragón, Misael Anaya-Montes et autres

BACKGROUND: There is currently no definitive method for identifying individuals with psychosis in secondary care on a population-level using administrative healthcare data from England. AIMS: To develop various algorithms to identify individuals with psychosis in the Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS), …

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The impact of loneliness on healthcare costs and service utilisation and the cost-effectiveness of loneliness interventions: a systematic review

Sharon Eager, Helen Baldwin, Paul McCrone, David McDaid et autres

Abstract Introduction Loneliness is an unpleasant, subjective experience that can affect people at all stages of life. Given its association with a range of physical and mental health problems, it is important to assess the costs of loneliness to the healthcare system. …

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Socioeconomic inequalities in waiting times for breast cancer surgery

Maria Ana Matias, Rita Santos, Luigi Siciliani, Peter Sivey et autres

Prompt access to cancer care is a policy priority in several OECD countries, because delayed access can exacerbate deleterious health outcomes. Access to care based on need remains a key pillar of publicly-funded health systems. This study tests for the presence of …

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Assessing the uptake of incentivised physical health checks for people with serious mental illness: a cohort study in primary care

Maria Ana Matias, Rowena Jacobs, María José Aragón, Luis Fernandes et autres

BACKGROUND: People with serious mental illness are more likely to experience physical illnesses. The onset of many of these illnesses can be prevented if detected early. Physical health screening for people with serious mental illness is incentivised in primary care in England …

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Microsimulation Models on Mental Health: A Critical Review of the Literature

Claire de Oliveira, Maria Ana Matias, Rowena Jacobs

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Productivity of the English National Health Service: 2019/20 update.

Anastasia Arabadzhyan, Adriana Castelli, Martin Chalkley, James Gaughan et autres

This report updates the Centre for Health Economics’ time-series of National Health Service (NHS) productivity growth for the period 2018/19 to 2019/20. NHS productivity growth is measured by comparing the growth in outputs produced by the NHS to the growth in inputs …

The economics of mental health: from risk factors to financing

Maria Ana Matias

This thesis investigates the economics of mental health focusing on three dimensions: financing and services organisation, medication adherence, and socio-economic determinants. Part I provides a detailed analysis on the fi nancial incentives to deliver mental healthcare services. It also proposes innovative payment …