Previous Projects
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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
Economic evaluation of the Randomised Controlled Trial of Adult ECMO
NHS Executive HTA Body
Critical Care Trent Modelling Study
2000 - 2001
Systematic review of Health Care Resource Groups for Intensive Care Patients
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Cost analysis of sepsis
Knoll AG
Computer Simulation of the use of IMPACT (enteral feed) on ICU costs
Novartis Consumer Health
1999 - 2000
Commissioned research project on ICU comparisons across Europe
NHS Executive
Production of educational research document
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Dragerwerke
European Costing Programme
Company Consortium, NHS Hospital Trusts and Critical Care Networks
1998 - 1999
Co-ordination of European Costing Programme
MERCS
Intensive Care National Working Group on Costs. Pilot study of cost block methodology
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 HospitalRoyal Hallamshire HospitalSheffield 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
1997 - 1998
Development of HRGs for ICU
1996 - 1997
Cost analysis of sepsis patients
Cost analysis of drug preparations
Development of a Budget Management System for ICU
Department of Health
1995 - 1996
Implementation of Sheffield Health Care Costing System into the Critical Care Directorate, Royal Hallamshire Hospital
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