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July 17, 2009
PhD studentship in Health Economics: University of Leeds
Location: Leeds, UK
Closing date: 17 July 2009
The Institute of Health Sciences at the University of Leeds offers a 3-years PhD studentship in Health Economics.
Details are available on our website http://www.leeds.ac.uk/hsphr/jobspostgrad1.html
Supervisory Team: Prof Chris McCabe, Prof Allan House, Dr Claire Hulme
Improving Prevention of Vascular Disease in Primary Care (IMPROVE)
Vascular disease which includes stroke, diabetes, kidney disease and heart disease affects approximately 4 million people in the UK and accounts for one in five hospital admissions. Recent Department of Health policy has seen the introduction of a preventative programme of vascular checks for people aged between the ages of 40-74 years with the aim of reducing vascular disease morbidity and mortality through a higher uptake of primary prevention interventions including statins, exercise and smoking cessation. Within the new services there is considerable uncertainty about skill mix. The DH proposes a number of differing pathways for vascular services including roles for healthcare assistants, pharmacists, GPs and practice nurses across similarly varied settings. The skill mix will impact on delivery, training and professional accreditation which in turn will feed into the cost effectiveness of these services given studies have shown changes in skill mix to have cost implications associated not only with differences in salary and training costs but also with more indirect costs such as failed appointments. Indeed to maximise the health benefits for new health programmes there is a need to determine the most cost effective mix of staff through enhancing the skills of current staff or the introduction of new types of worker. The aim of this study is to explore the cost effectiveness of substitution (skill mix) in health care. The PhD study forms part of the CLAHRC programme focussed on improving services for people with chronic conditions and on addressing unwarranted variations in treatment and health outcomes. The study will link with research being carried out by the Leeds, York and Bradford Research Alliance in improving prevention of vascular disease in primary care.
Two application forms (Institute and University) must be completed and can be found on our website http://www.leeds.ac.uk/hsphr/jobspostgrad1.html
For further details please contact Dr Claire Hulme: c.t.hulme@leeds.ac.uk
