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2001 - 2002

Project

Funding Body

Co-ordination of the North Trent Critical Care Audit Programme

North Trent Network

Study of patient outcomes (survival and quality of life) from 9 ICUs in the North Trent Network

NHS Executive Trent

Analysis of cost block data from 84 adult ICUs in the UK

National Cost Block Programme

Discrete event simulation of critical care provision in Trent

NHS Executive Trent

Economic evaluation of the Randomised Controlled Trial of Adult ECMO

NHS Executive HTA Body

Critical Care Trent Modelling Study

NHS Executive Trent

2000 - 2001                                                                                      TOP

Project

Funding Body

Co-ordination of the North Trent Critical Care Audit Programme

North Trent Network

Study of patient outcomes (survival and quality of life) from 9 ICUs in the North Trent Network

NHS Executive Trent

Systematic review of Health Care Resource Groups for Intensive Care Patients

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Analysis of cost block data from 84 adult ICUs in the UK

National Cost Block Programme

Cost analysis of sepsis

Knoll AG

Discrete event simulation of critical care provision in Trent

NHS Executive Trent

Computer Simulation of the use of IMPACT (enteral feed) on ICU costs

Novartis Consumer Health

Economic evaluation of the Randomised Controlled Trial of Adult ECMO

NHS Executive HTA Body

1999 - 2000                                                                                      TOP

Project

Funding Body

Commissioned research project on ICU comparisons across Europe

NHS Executive

Production of educational research document

European Society of Intensive Care Medicine

Production of educational research document

Dragerwerke

European Costing Programme

European Society of Intensive Care Medicine

National Cost Block Programme

Company Consortium, NHS Hospital Trusts and Critical Care Networks

1998 - 1999                                                                                      TOP

Project

Funding Body

Co-ordination of European Costing Programme

MERCS

Intensive Care National Working Group on Costs. Pilot study of cost block methodology

MERCS

Grant to support the National Working Group on ICU Costs

Intensive Care Society

Specialised bed and outcome studies

Multinational Company

ICU / HDU Study in Sheffield

Northern General Hospital
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Sheffield District Health Authority

Development of cost-weightings for the ACP Data Set

National Case-Mix Office of the NHS Executive

Evaluation of the Augmented Care Period (ACP) Data Set

National Case-Mix Office of the NHS Executive

1997 - 1998                                                                                      TOP

Project

Funding Body

Specialised bed and outcome studies

Multinational Company

ICU / HDU Study in Sheffield

Northern General Hospital
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Sheffield District Health Authority

Development of HRGs for ICU

National Case-Mix Office of the NHS Executive

1996 - 1997                                                                                      TOP

Project

Funding Body

Cost analysis of sepsis patients

Multinational Company

Cost analysis of drug preparations

Multinational Company

Development of a Budget Management System for ICU

Department of Health

1995 - 1996                                                                                      TOP

Project

Funding Body

Implementation of Sheffield Health Care Costing System into the Critical Care Directorate, Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Implementation of Sheffield Health Care Costing System into the Critical Care Directorate, Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Department of Health

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