Stephen Thomas
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3681055 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Stephen Thomas |
| NOMBRES | Stephen |
| APELLIDO | Thomas |
| FIRMA | THOMAS S |
| AFILIACIONES | Trinity College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9306-0114 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 37 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 37 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1989 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Unmet need for home care during the great recession
Home care can be costly and time consuming to provide, and there is often limited public financing available to those with care needs. As a result, many adults experience unmet need and/or gaps in home-care support. This is particularly acute during times of austerity when budget constraints further limit public spending. This study examines determinants of unmet need for home-care support among adults over 50 in England and Ireland during the Gr…
Cumulative legacies and crisis decision-making in shocks to the Irish health system
BACKGROUND: Shocks, and the responses to them, always leave behind a legacy. In situations of sequential shocks or even permacrisis the legacy can become cumulative. It is therefore vital for decision-makers in a crisis to understand that their decisions will have long-lasting implications for health system performance and resilience. OBJECTIVE: In this article the authors explore the nature of legacy and a shock cycle approach to health system r…
The progressivity of health care revenue financing in 29 countries
Hyperlocal lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic
COVID-19 vaccination campaigns across the US were implemented to mitigate the disproportionate hospitalizations and unnecessary deaths across many communities that experienced unequal gaps in initial vaccine distribution rollout and uptake. In parallel, the COVID-19 pandemic created declines in routine vaccination coverage for adults, adolescents, and children; particularly, in communities experiencing overlapping social disadvantage. Community-b…
Understanding the legacies of shocks on health system performance
Mitigating the regressivity of private mechanisms of financing healthcare
Progressive financing of health care can help advance the equity and financial protection goals of health systems. All countries' health systems are financed in part through private mechanisms, including out-of-pocket payments and voluntary health insurance. Yet little is known about how these financing schemes are structured, and the extent to which policies in place mitigate regressivity. This study identifies the potential policies to mitigate…
Barriers to and facilitators of civil registration in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
How do health system factors (funding and performance) impact on access to healthcare for populations experiencing homelessness
When health services are fragmented and complex, the needs of socially excluded populations such as those experiencing homelessness are not met. Health systems focus on their own metrics and rely on separate actors such as independent NGOs to fill gaps when certain people are not accommodated in the mainstream health system. As a result, health systems lack a comprehensive understanding of the needs of all population groups and fail to plan adequ…
A comparison of 2020 health policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America
Sláintecare implementation status in 2020
The Sláintecare report developed by political consensus sets out a ten year plan for achieving Universal Health Care (UHC) in Ireland. This paper evaluates the design and progress of the report to mid 2020, but with some reflection on the new COVID 19 era, particularly as it relates to the expansion of entitlements to achieve UHC. The authors explore how close Sláintecare is to the UHC ideal. They also review the phased strategy of implementation…
Common patterns in the public reporting of waiting time and waiting list information
We present findings from a review of published literature and administrative documentation on waiting time and waiting list reporting models for elective treatment in a sample of international jurisdictions (a subset of OECD countries, with regional reporting regimes treated as distinct jurisdictions). In this paper we identified common patterns in the measurement and reporting of waiting time and waiting list information for elective treatment. …
Implementing Integrated Care in Practice – Learning from MDTs Driving the Integrated Care Programme for Older Persons in Ireland
The importance of multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) as critical implementation drivers emerged from this case study conducted with three pioneer sites implementing integrated care for older persons in Ireland as part of the Integrated Care Programme for Older Persons (ICPOP). We describe the practices of MDTs learning to deliver integrated care in service delivery settings, including the framework, resourcing, strategies, challenges and barriers the…
The Wheel
Other| August 01 2020 The Wheel Stephen Thomas Stephen Thomas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Common Knowledge (2020) 26 (3): 552–557. https://doi.org/10.1215/0961754X-8521657 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Stephen Thomas; The Wheel. Common Knowledge 1 August 2020; 26 (3): 552–557. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/0961754X-8521657 Download citation file: Zot…
The challenges of delivering universal and integrated care - evidence to inform policy implementation in Ireland and internationally
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Evaluating the Implementation of Integrated Care for Older Persons as a path to Universal Health Care
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Corporate performance of the Seven Brothers of the European energy market
Priorities for methodological research on patient and public involvement in clinical trials
BACKGROUND: Despite increasing international interest, there is a lack of evidence about the most efficient, effective and acceptable ways to implement patient and public involvement (PPI) in clinical trials. OBJECTIVE: To identify the priorities of UK PPI stakeholders for methodological research to help resolve uncertainties about PPI in clinical trials. DESIGN: A modified Delphi process including a two round online survey and a stakeholder cons…
Severe Weather Warning Communication
Weather hazards in the United States inflict both personal and economic tolls on the public. Communicating warnings about weather hazards is an important duty of TV weathercasters. Televised weather warnings are typically conveyed through live radar, live coverage, and warning scrolls. However, these traditional approaches may not be entirely effective given the limited attention some members of the public pay to these warnings. A study comparing…
Promoting universal financial protection
Policy implementation and financial incentives for nurses in South Africa
BACKGROUND: In 2007, the South African government introduced the occupation-specific dispensation (OSD), a financial incentive strategy, to attract, motivate, and retain health professionals in the public sector. Implementation commenced with the nursing sector, but there have been unintended negative consequences. OBJECTIVE: First, to examine implementation of the OSD for nurses using Hogwood and Gunn's framework that outlines 'perfect implement…
Comparing the job satisfaction and intention to leave of different categories of health workers in Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa
BACKGROUND: Job satisfaction is an important determinant of health worker motivation, retention, and performance, all of which are critical to improving the functioning of health systems in low- and middle-income countries. A number of small-scale surveys have measured the job satisfaction and intention to leave of individual health worker cadres in different settings, but there are few multi-country and multi-cadre comparative studies. OBJECTIVE…
Comparison of Depressive Symptoms in Type 2 Diabetes Using a Two-Stage Survey Design
OBJECTIVE: To test the validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) in adults with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and compare the distribution of PHQ-9 items in those with and without Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) depression. METHODS: A two-stage survey design was used in primary care centers (n = 96). In Stage 1, participants were administered the PHQ-9 and biopsychosoci…
Do the Effects of Psychological Treatments on Improving Glycemic Control in Type 1 Diabetes Persist Over Time? A Long-Term Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Trial
OBJECTIVES: In a randomized controlled trial, adults with Type 1 diabetes and suboptimal glycemic control who received motivational enhancement therapy (MET) plus cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) had a greater reduction in their 12-month hemoglobin A(1c) (Hb(A1c)) than those who received usual care (UC). We tested whether improvements in glycemic control persisted up to 4 years after randomization. METHODS: In the original trial, participants w…
China's Sovereign Wealth Funds
China has established two of the world's newer large sovereign wealth funds (SWFs): the official China Investment Corporation (CIC), and the non-official and less transparent State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) Investment Company (SIC). Both provide alternative investment opportunities for China's exploding foreign exchange reserves, at US$2.4 trillion at the end of 2009, the largest in world history. This paper will address how China…
The distribution of GPs in Ireland in relation to deprivation
Unofficial Fees in Bangladesh
The widespread collection of unofficial fees at health facilities is a common form of rent-seeking behaviour in Bangladesh. Typically, unofficial fees come in the form of cash payments for the performance of required services, for direct purchase of drugs and medical-surgical requisites, and for service access. Using observational and interview methods, this study explores linkages between official and unofficial fees at three Bangladesh health f…
Is the Gilt-Equity Yield Ratio Useful for Predicting UK Stock Returns
Journal Article Is the Gilt-Equity Yield Ratio Useful for Predicting UK Stock Returns? Get access A. D. Clare, A. D. Clare University of Brunel Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar S. H. Thomas, S. H. Thomas University of Wales, Swansea Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar M. R. Wickens M. R. Wickens University of York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic…
A large-scale investigation into the relationship between attendance and attainment
The literature available on the relationship between student attendance and attainment is inconsistent. Nevertheless, there is some empirical evidence to suggest that attendance is a determinant of academic performance and progression. Colby published results of a study which examined the relationship within a single year 1 undergraduate module, and his findings showed a strongly significant relationship between attendance and attainment. However…
The distribution of GPs in Ireland in relation to deprivation
Evaluating the British Model of Electricity Deregulation
A key aspect of the 1990 reforms to the British electricity supply industry was the introduction of a formal system of regulation by an autonomous regulatory body. It was expected that replacement of monopolies in some areas by markets and price‐setting in monopoly areas using a simple incentive formula would mean that regulation of the industry would be ‘light’. This article examines how regulation has turned out in practice. It concludes that t…
An Analysis of Seasonality in the U.K. Equity Market
This paper examines the nature and importance of seasonal fluctuations in the UK equity market. Our analysis reveals that returns on the FT-A All Share index exhibit significant seasonality which is best described by a deterministic seasonal model. We also establish that evidence of seasonal variation is robust across size sorted portfolios and remains unaffected by the introduction of a proxy for risk
The Realities of Nuclear Power
Corporate performance of the Seven Brothers of the European energy market
China's Sovereign Wealth Funds
China has established two of the world's newer large sovereign wealth funds (SWFs): the official China Investment Corporation (CIC), and the non-official and less transparent State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) Investment Company (SIC). Both provide alternative investment opportunities for China's exploding foreign exchange reserves, at US$2.4 trillion at the end of 2009, the largest in world history. This paper will address how China…
The Realities of Nuclear Power
The Distribution of Consumer Price Changes in the United Kingdom
This paper rejects the hypothesis that relative commodity price changes are normally distributed using monthly U.K. data from 1962 to 1983. The presence of skewness in the distribution of price changes across commodities suggest that the asymmetric price response hypothesis may be a good description of the relation between the moments of the distribution of price changes. The authors use Granger causality tests to investigate this hypothesis, but…
Sustainability in NGO relief and development work
Mozambique during the 1980s and 1990s has provided a challenging context for non-governmental organisations seeking to collaborate with its government in national development. One British NGO, Save the Children Fund, has set out to work in partnership with the government on a range of programmes at central level and in Zambezia province. Longer-term and emergency inputs form part of a conscious strategy aimed at securing sustainability. Instituti…
Is the Gilt-Equity Yield Ratio Useful for Predicting UK Stock Returns
Journal Article Is the Gilt-Equity Yield Ratio Useful for Predicting UK Stock Returns? Get access A. D. Clare, A. D. Clare University of Brunel Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar S. H. Thomas, S. H. Thomas University of Wales, Swansea Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar M. R. Wickens M. R. Wickens University of York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic…
An Analysis of Seasonality in the U.K. Equity Market
This paper examines the nature and importance of seasonal fluctuations in the UK equity market. Our analysis reveals that returns on the FT-A All Share index exhibit significant seasonality which is best described by a deterministic seasonal model. We also establish that evidence of seasonal variation is robust across size sorted portfolios and remains unaffected by the introduction of a proxy for risk
Unofficial Fees in Bangladesh
The widespread collection of unofficial fees at health facilities is a common form of rent-seeking behaviour in Bangladesh. Typically, unofficial fees come in the form of cash payments for the performance of required services, for direct purchase of drugs and medical-surgical requisites, and for service access. Using observational and interview methods, this study explores linkages between official and unofficial fees at three Bangladesh health f…
Reforming China's Financial Markets
China has begun another major stage of its market reforms in its financial system. These reforms will continue to move China gradually but inevitably toward modern financial institutions that will provide an additional stimulus to China's overall economic development
Actor management in the development of health financing reform
Health reform is inherently political. Sound technical analysis is never enough to guarantee the adoption of policy. Financing reforms aimed at promoting equity are especially likely to challenge vested interests and produce opposition. This article reviews the Health Insurance policy development in South Africa between 1994 and 1999. Despite more than 10 years of debate, analysis and design, no set of social health insurance (SHI) proposals had,…
Evaluating the British Model of Electricity Deregulation
A key aspect of the 1990 reforms to the British electricity supply industry was the introduction of a formal system of regulation by an autonomous regulatory body. It was expected that replacement of monopolies in some areas by markets and price‐setting in monopoly areas using a simple incentive formula would mean that regulation of the industry would be ‘light’. This article examines how regulation has turned out in practice. It concludes that t…
Protecting resources for primary health care under fiscal federalism
The introduction of fiscal federalism or decentralization of functions to lower levels of government is a reform not done primarily with health sector concerns. A major concern for the health sector is that devolution of expenditure responsibilities to sub-national levels of government can adversely affect the equitable distribution of financial resources across local jurisdictions. Since the adoption of fiscal federalism in South Africa, progres…
A large-scale investigation into the relationship between attendance and attainment
The literature available on the relationship between student attendance and attainment is inconsistent. Nevertheless, there is some empirical evidence to suggest that attendance is a determinant of academic performance and progression. Colby published results of a study which examined the relationship within a single year 1 undergraduate module, and his findings showed a strongly significant relationship between attendance and attainment. However…
Newman and Heresy
The distribution of GPs in Ireland in relation to deprivation
China's Sovereign Wealth Funds
China has established two of the world's newer large sovereign wealth funds (SWFs): the official China Investment Corporation (CIC), and the non-official and less transparent State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) Investment Company (SIC). Both provide alternative investment opportunities for China's exploding foreign exchange reserves, at US$2.4 trillion at the end of 2009, the largest in world history. This paper will address how China…
Do the Effects of Psychological Treatments on Improving Glycemic Control in Type 1 Diabetes Persist Over Time? A Long-Term Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Trial
OBJECTIVES: In a randomized controlled trial, adults with Type 1 diabetes and suboptimal glycemic control who received motivational enhancement therapy (MET) plus cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) had a greater reduction in their 12-month hemoglobin A(1c) (Hb(A1c)) than those who received usual care (UC). We tested whether improvements in glycemic control persisted up to 4 years after randomization. METHODS: In the original trial, participants w…
Promoting universal financial protection
Policy implementation and financial incentives for nurses in South Africa
BACKGROUND: In 2007, the South African government introduced the occupation-specific dispensation (OSD), a financial incentive strategy, to attract, motivate, and retain health professionals in the public sector. Implementation commenced with the nursing sector, but there have been unintended negative consequences. OBJECTIVE: First, to examine implementation of the OSD for nurses using Hogwood and Gunn's framework that outlines 'perfect implement…
Comparing the job satisfaction and intention to leave of different categories of health workers in Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa
BACKGROUND: Job satisfaction is an important determinant of health worker motivation, retention, and performance, all of which are critical to improving the functioning of health systems in low- and middle-income countries. A number of small-scale surveys have measured the job satisfaction and intention to leave of individual health worker cadres in different settings, but there are few multi-country and multi-cadre comparative studies. OBJECTIVE…
Comparison of Depressive Symptoms in Type 2 Diabetes Using a Two-Stage Survey Design
OBJECTIVE: To test the validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) in adults with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and compare the distribution of PHQ-9 items in those with and without Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) depression. METHODS: A two-stage survey design was used in primary care centers (n = 96). In Stage 1, participants were administered the PHQ-9 and biopsychosoci…
Severe Weather Warning Communication
Weather hazards in the United States inflict both personal and economic tolls on the public. Communicating warnings about weather hazards is an important duty of TV weathercasters. Televised weather warnings are typically conveyed through live radar, live coverage, and warning scrolls. However, these traditional approaches may not be entirely effective given the limited attention some members of the public pay to these warnings. A study comparing…
Priorities for methodological research on patient and public involvement in clinical trials
BACKGROUND: Despite increasing international interest, there is a lack of evidence about the most efficient, effective and acceptable ways to implement patient and public involvement (PPI) in clinical trials. OBJECTIVE: To identify the priorities of UK PPI stakeholders for methodological research to help resolve uncertainties about PPI in clinical trials. DESIGN: A modified Delphi process including a two round online survey and a stakeholder cons…
Evaluating the Implementation of Integrated Care for Older Persons as a path to Universal Health Care
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Corporate performance of the Seven Brothers of the European energy market
The challenges of delivering universal and integrated care - evidence to inform policy implementation in Ireland and internationally
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
The Wheel
Other| August 01 2020 The Wheel Stephen Thomas Stephen Thomas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Common Knowledge (2020) 26 (3): 552–557. https://doi.org/10.1215/0961754X-8521657 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Stephen Thomas; The Wheel. Common Knowledge 1 August 2020; 26 (3): 552–557. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/0961754X-8521657 Download citation file: Zot…
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