Health Reports & Publications
Finding a Clearer Path
June 2010
The Evaluation of the Pathways to Work Programme for Cancer Survivors has now been launched, click here to access it.
Celebrating Innovation in Healthcare Technology
January 2010
David Thomas, Managing Director of Matrix Knowledge India was recently interviewed by eHealth Magazine.
The interview captures his views about the future of healthcare in India and explains the value-proposition of Matrix towards actualising the vision. The article Transforming through Innovation – Redefining Indian Healthcare through Advanced Informatics can be found here.
Prioritising investments in preventative health
October 2009
Health England and Matrix recently launched H.E.L.P (Health England Leading Prioritisation), an interactive on line tool supporting public health professionals and commissioners work in a way that is consistent with ‘World Class Commissioning’. You can now download the full report and visit the H.E.L.P tool website here.
How does NICE value health?
August 2009
Professor Paul Dolan, Chief Scientist at Matrix Knowledge Group, co-wrote an article published in BMJ on prioritising decisions about conditions and treatments, which they argue should be based on people’s experiences rather than on what people think they might feel. You can download the article here.
Research into diseconomies of scale in delivering health and social care in rural areas
July 2009
The Social Exclusion Task Force (SETF) of the Cabinet Office commissioned Matrix to conduct a short-term review of:
- potential diseconomies of scale that may contribute to inequities in the delivery of health and social care provision between densely and sparsely populated areas; and
- the potential for current reform policies to create or exacerbate any such diseconomies and inequities.
You can download the report here.
Organisational Health: a new perspective on performance improvement?
June 2009
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement commissioned Matrix Insight to produce a rapid literature review to understand the potential of organisational health more deeply.
The paper which can be downloaded here begins as a synthesis of the key themes connected to organisational health in the literature and then draws inference from wider concepts to extend these core ideas. It is a research paper that requires some deep concentration and reflection to read. Yet it contains some true insights for thinking about organisational and system performance in the future.
Integrated Care Magazine
March 2009
Dr David Welbourn, Director and Head of Health and Social Care wrote an arcticle in the NAPC National Association of Primary Care) magazine on Integrated Care. The article titled Integrated Care – Attraction or Distraction can be downloaded here.
Health England Report, No. 2
March 2009
The UK Department of Health commissioned this review of existing literature and evidence regarding the cost-effectiveness of public health interventions.
Access of BME staff to senior positions in the NHS
January 2009
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement’s Breaking Through team commissioned the Matrix Knowledge Group to ‘look specifically at the organisational barriers to black and minority ethnic (BME) staff rising to positions of authority and influence in the NHS’ in order to inform future developments.
National Innovation Centre, Innovation Metrics Project
November 2008
There is a substantial national and health policy thrust to increase the generation and adoption of innovations. To support this Matrix was commissioned by the NHS National Innovation Centre to identiify how innovative the NHS actually is, with a particular emphasis on technology adoption.
Survey of Step Improvements in Community Services
November 2008
Matrix was commissioned to undertake a survey of step improvements in community services by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement’s Service Transformation Team (STT). This work would be used to support the development of the new Productive Community Services (PCS) programme. You can read the key findings of the survey in the full report or a summary of the findings in the brief document.
Prioritising investment in public health: A review of the evidence
October 2008
How should healthcare decision-makers prioritise investments in public health? Which public health interventions work and are value for money? The Department of Health commissioned Matrix and Bazian to answer these questions.
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Using a Rapid Evidence Assessment method, and within just one month, Matrix and Bazian reviewed the evidence for 41 interventions types across 8 areas of public policy, including: reduce smoking rates; prevent obesity; prevent dangerous drinking; prevent the uptake of and harm from illicit drug use; reduce the incidence of STI and reduce the rates of teenage pregnancy; promote breast feeding; promote healthy nutrition and dietary patterns; and promote health in the elderly.
Matrix has produced a short, and highly accessible summary of the report which outlines the key findings. You can also view the full published report.
Identifying and supporting people most at risk of dying prematurely
September 2008
Matrix was commissioned by NICE to assess the cost-effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving the access of disadvantaged groups to statins and to smoking cessation interventions. As well as a review of the existing literature, the project involved constructing an economic model that, among other things, represents one of the first attempts to apply equity weights to QALYs in a NICE review. Click on the links below to download the consultation documents.
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- Economic analysis of interventions to improve the use of smoking cessation interventions in disadvantaged populations
- Economic analysis of interventions to improve the use of smoking cessation interventions in the general population
- Economic analysis of interventions to improve the use of statins in disadvantaged populations
- Economic analysis of interventions to improve the use of statins interventions in the general population
- Supplementary economic analysis on interventions to reduce health inequalities
Innovation Index Working Paper
September 2008
Matrix, Imperial College London and University of York prepared a paper on Innovation and Well-being for NESTA.
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The aims of this project were to:
- review what is known about the relationship between innovation and well-being and, in particular, the causal relationship from innovation to wellbeing; and
- consider whether data in the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) could be used to shed light on this relationship.
Reducing Avoidable Deaths in Hospital
June 2007
You can now have access to two guides written by Matrix on reducing avoidable deaths in hospital. The titles of the two guides are Chief Executives lead the way and Medical Directors drive improvement.
The role of public health in supporting the development of integrated services
May 2007
The CSIP (Care Services Improvement Partnership) have published a paper written by Matrix on The role of public health in supporting the development of integrated services.
Evaluation of the Healthcare Commission’s Core Standard Assessment
March 2007
Matrix has written a report on the Evaluation of the impact, costs and benefits of the Healthcare Commission’s core standard assessment.
Final Report on the National Evaluation of the Local Exercise Action Pilots
March 2007
The final report from the national evaluation of the Local Exercise Action Pilots has now been published. Matrix undertook research to calculate the cost of LEAP and modelled the long-term economic benefits associated with the improvements in physical activity resulting from LEAP.
Cost effectiveness of primary care-based physical activity interventions
April 2006
Matrix was commissioned by NICE to write two papers on the cost effectiveness of primary care-based physical activity interventions. You can download the following reports by clicking on the links.
Good care planning for people with long-term conditions: updated version
September 2005
NHS Modernisation Agency commissioned Matrix to identify and report on the key elements of good care planning for people with long-term conditions.
