Andrew McCarthy

Assistant Professor

Department: Nursing, Midwifery & Health

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

I am a health economist with a focus on economic evaluation of service provision.

My interests include:

Evaluation of changes in social care provision
Implementation of new technologies and new methods of working
Time series and interrupted time series methodology
Exploring the use of large, linked data in economic evaluation and the application of causal inference methodologies

Key Publications

A lifetime economic model of mortality and secondary care use for patients discharged from hospital following acute stroke, McMeekin, P., McCarthy, S., McCarthy, A., Porteous, J., Allen, M., Laws, A., White, P., James, M., Ford, G., Shaw, L., Price, C. 10 Sep 2024, In: International Journal of Stroke
Bathing Adaptations in the Homes of Older Adults (BATH-OUT-2): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial, economic evaluation and process evaluation, Whitehead, P., Belshaw, S., Brady, S., Coleman, E., Dean, A., Doherty, L., Fairhurst, C., Francis-Farrell, S., Golding-Day, M., Gray, J., Martland, M., McAnuff, J., McCarthy, A., McMeekin, P., Mitchell, N., Narayanasamy, M., Newman, C., Parker, A., Rapley, T., Rodgers, S., Rooney, L., Russell, R., Sheard, L., Torgerson, D. 22 Jan 2024, In: Trials
Costs of endovascular and open repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms, Gray, J., McCarthy, A., Samarakoon, D., McMeekin, P., Sharples, L., Sastry, P., Crawshaw, P., Bicknell, C. 1 Jan 2024, In: British Journal of Surgery
Longitudinal health-related quality of life in people with thoracic aortic aneurysms, Sharples, L., Anagnostopoulou, V., Pouncey, A., Freeman, C., McCarthy, A., Gray, J., McMeekin, P., Sastry, P., Vale, L., Bicknell, C., Large, S. Sep 2024, In: British Journal of Surgery
Quantifying the cost savings and health impacts of improving colonoscopy quality: an economic evaluation, McCarthy, S., Rutter, M., McMeekin, P., Catlow, J., Sharp, L., Brookes, M., Valori, R., Bhardwaj-Gosling, R., Lee, T., McNally, R., McCarthy, A., Gray, J. 26 Jun 2024, In: BMJ Quality & Safety
Robotic and Laparoscopic Gynaecological Surgery: A Prospective Multi-Centre Observational Cohort Study and Economic Evaluation in England., McCarthy, A., Samarakoon, D., Gray, J., McMeekin, P., McCarthy, S., Newton, C., Nobbenhuis, M., Lippiatt, J., Twigg, J. 28 Sep 2023, In: BMJ Open
Aneurysm growth, survival, and quality of life in untreated thoracic aortic aneurysm: the effective treatments for thoracic aortic aneurysms study, Sharples, L., Sastry, P., Freeman, C., Bicknell, C., Chiu, Y., Vallabhaneni, S., Cook, A., Gray, J., McCarthy, A., McMeekin, P., Vale, L., Large, S. 1 Jul 2022, In: European Heart Journal
Endovascular stent grafting and open surgical replacement for chronic thoracic aortic aneurysms: a systematic review and prospective cohort study, Sharples, L., Sastry, P., Freeman, C., Gray, J., McCarthy, A., Chiu, Y., Bicknell, C., McMeekin, P., Vallabhaneni, S., Cook, A., Vale, L., Large, S. Jan 2022, In: Health Technology Assessment
The impact of a digital joint school educational programme on post-operative outcomes following lower limb arthroplasty: a retrospective comparative cohort study, Gray, J., McCarthy, S., Carr, E., Danjoux, G., Hackett, R., McCarthy, A., McMeekin, P., Clark, N., Baker, P. Dec 2022, In: BMC Health Services Research
Systematic review of endovascular stent grafting versus open surgical repair for the elective treatment of arch/descending thoracic aortic aneurysms, McCarthy, A., Gray, J., Sastry, P., Sharples, L., Vale, L., Cook, A., McMeekin, P., Freeman, C., Catarino, P., Large, S. Mar 2021, In: BMJ Open

Qualifications

Health & Social Research MSc August 31 2018
Economics BSc (Hons) June 30 2015

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