Nick Freemantle
Biographic Data
| ID | 5916530 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nick Freemantle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nick |
| FAMILY NAME | Freemantle |
| SIGNATURE | FREEMANTLE N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5807-5740 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
An examination of potential biases in research designs used to assess the efficacy of sex offender treatment
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential biases in research designs used to assess the efficacy of sex offender treatment. Design/methodology/approach: In all, 50 treatment studies (n = 13,886) were examined using a random effects meta-analysis model. Findings: Results indicated a positive effect of treatment for both sexual (OR = 0.58, 95%, CI 0.45-0.74, p <0.0001), and general recidivism (OR = 0.54, 95%, CI 0.42-0.69, p <0…
Understanding Patients’ Adherence-Related Beliefs about Medicines Prescribed for Long-Term Conditions
BACKGROUND: Patients' beliefs about treatment influence treatment engagement and adherence. The Necessity-Concerns Framework postulates that adherence is influenced by implicit judgements of personal need for the treatment (necessity beliefs) and concerns about the potential adverse consequences of taking it. OBJECTIVE: To assess the utility of the NCF in explaining nonadherence to prescribed medicines. DATA SOURCES: We searched EMBASE, Medline, …
Do men consult less than women? An analysis of routinely collected UK general practice data
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether gender differences in primary care consultation rates (1) vary by age and deprivation status and (2) diminish when consultation for reproductive reasons or common underlying morbidities are accounted for. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of a cohort of patients registered with general practice. SETTING: UK primary care. SUBJECTS: Patients (1 869 149 men and 1 916 898 women) registered with 446 eligible practices in 2010…
Health on the web
This innovative design avoids recruitment bias by not mentioning alcohol in the invitation and avoids reactivity of assessment by not collecting baseline data on alcohol consumption
OP91 Are there Gender Differences in Consultation Patterns Prior to Melanoma, CRC and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Cancer Survival
Background Consultation rates with general practitioners (GPs) are higher in women than in men from late childhood through middle age, though not in childhood and later life. This gender patterning, and qualitative data documenting men’s apparent reluctance to consult, has fuelled widespread assumptions that men are always more reluctant to consult and this may partly explain gender differences in longevity (delayed consultation leading to later …
Access to interpreting services in England
Overcoming language barriers to health care is a global challenge. There is great linguistic diversity in the major cities in the UK with more than 300 languages, excluding dialects, spoken by children in London alone. However, there is dearth of data on the number of non-English speakers for planning effective interpreting services. The aim was to estimate the number of people requiring language support amongst the minority ethnic communities in…
Impact of Formal Continuing Medical Education
CONTEXT: Although physicians report spending a considerable amount of time in continuing medical education (CME) activities, studies have shown a sizable difference between real and ideal performance, suggesting a lack of effect of formal CME. OBJECTIVE: To review, collate, and interpret the effect of formal CME interventions on physician performance and health care outcomes. DATA SOURCES: Sources included searches of the complete Research and De…
Evidence into practice, experimentation and quasi experimentation
OBJECTIVE: Methodological review of evaluations of interventions intended to help health professionals provide more effective and efficient health care, motivated by the current experience of NHS Research and Development in England. Emphasis upon the forms of research appropriate to different stages in the development and evaluation of interventions, the use of experimental and quasi experimental designs, the methods used in systematic reviews an…
Dealing with uncertainty
Interleukin-2
This paper examines a recent rationing crisis in the UK National Health Service (NHS) in which a patient was denied treatment for a life threatening illness on the basis of cost. Rationing is inevitable in health care, as resources which can be allocated to health are finite and demand is essentially infinite. The new managerial relationships which constitute the purchaser/provider split contribute to rationing becom ing more explicit. The NHS is…
Developments in the Purchasing Process in the NHS
The introduction of the internal market to the National Health Service in Britain marks a major change in the form of provision of health care interventions. This article reports the findings of independent research into the development of the purchasing process in eight purchasing authorities (which collectively purchase health care for 5 per cent of the population of Britain), and considers the extent to which this has led to an explicit politi…
Interleukin-2
This paper examines a recent rationing crisis in the UK National Health Service (NHS) in which a patient was denied treatment for a life threatening illness on the basis of cost. Rationing is inevitable in health care, as resources which can be allocated to health are finite and demand is essentially infinite. The new managerial relationships which constitute the purchaser/provider split contribute to rationing becom ing more explicit. The NHS is…
Developments in the Purchasing Process in the NHS
The introduction of the internal market to the National Health Service in Britain marks a major change in the form of provision of health care interventions. This article reports the findings of independent research into the development of the purchasing process in eight purchasing authorities (which collectively purchase health care for 5 per cent of the population of Britain), and considers the extent to which this has led to an explicit politi…
Interleukin-2
This paper examines a recent rationing crisis in the UK National Health Service (NHS) in which a patient was denied treatment for a life threatening illness on the basis of cost. Rationing is inevitable in health care, as resources which can be allocated to health are finite and demand is essentially infinite. The new managerial relationships which constitute the purchaser/provider split contribute to rationing becom ing more explicit. The NHS is…
Dealing with uncertainty
Evidence into practice, experimentation and quasi experimentation
OBJECTIVE: Methodological review of evaluations of interventions intended to help health professionals provide more effective and efficient health care, motivated by the current experience of NHS Research and Development in England. Emphasis upon the forms of research appropriate to different stages in the development and evaluation of interventions, the use of experimental and quasi experimental designs, the methods used in systematic reviews an…
Impact of Formal Continuing Medical Education
CONTEXT: Although physicians report spending a considerable amount of time in continuing medical education (CME) activities, studies have shown a sizable difference between real and ideal performance, suggesting a lack of effect of formal CME. OBJECTIVE: To review, collate, and interpret the effect of formal CME interventions on physician performance and health care outcomes. DATA SOURCES: Sources included searches of the complete Research and De…
Access to interpreting services in England
Overcoming language barriers to health care is a global challenge. There is great linguistic diversity in the major cities in the UK with more than 300 languages, excluding dialects, spoken by children in London alone. However, there is dearth of data on the number of non-English speakers for planning effective interpreting services. The aim was to estimate the number of people requiring language support amongst the minority ethnic communities in…
Understanding Patients’ Adherence-Related Beliefs about Medicines Prescribed for Long-Term Conditions
BACKGROUND: Patients' beliefs about treatment influence treatment engagement and adherence. The Necessity-Concerns Framework postulates that adherence is influenced by implicit judgements of personal need for the treatment (necessity beliefs) and concerns about the potential adverse consequences of taking it. OBJECTIVE: To assess the utility of the NCF in explaining nonadherence to prescribed medicines. DATA SOURCES: We searched EMBASE, Medline, …
Do men consult less than women? An analysis of routinely collected UK general practice data
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether gender differences in primary care consultation rates (1) vary by age and deprivation status and (2) diminish when consultation for reproductive reasons or common underlying morbidities are accounted for. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of a cohort of patients registered with general practice. SETTING: UK primary care. SUBJECTS: Patients (1 869 149 men and 1 916 898 women) registered with 446 eligible practices in 2010…
Health on the web
This innovative design avoids recruitment bias by not mentioning alcohol in the invitation and avoids reactivity of assessment by not collecting baseline data on alcohol consumption
OP91 Are there Gender Differences in Consultation Patterns Prior to Melanoma, CRC and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Cancer Survival
Background Consultation rates with general practitioners (GPs) are higher in women than in men from late childhood through middle age, though not in childhood and later life. This gender patterning, and qualitative data documenting men’s apparent reluctance to consult, has fuelled widespread assumptions that men are always more reluctant to consult and this may partly explain gender differences in longevity (delayed consultation leading to later …
An examination of potential biases in research designs used to assess the efficacy of sex offender treatment
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential biases in research designs used to assess the efficacy of sex offender treatment. Design/methodology/approach: In all, 50 treatment studies (n = 13,886) were examined using a random effects meta-analysis model. Findings: Results indicated a positive effect of treatment for both sexual (OR = 0.58, 95%, CI 0.45-0.74, p <0.0001), and general recidivism (OR = 0.54, 95%, CI 0.42-0.69, p <0…
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