Alex Turner
@Al_Turner_
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Principal, RWE & Biostatistics, Putnam Associates | Honorary Research Fellow, @HOPE_UoM @OfficialUoM
Manchester
Joined February 2013
New from me with @NRLatimer @VivekSubbiah @DrBlytheAdamson @KRAbrams We discuss considerations when applying methods for transporting comparative effectiveness evidence generated using data from countries other than a HTA agenciesโ target population https://t.co/ogJzlVawu3
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Fantastic to see new in-depth evidence on the impact of Greater Manchester devolution being published in Social Science and Medicine today. It investigates the whole system impact of the reform across 98 outcome measures. @HealthFdn @NIHRresearch
https://t.co/mfzzy9Ny0e
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๐ขPublished! An approach to select outcomes for evaluating whole systems reforms, using @WHO @OBShealth Health System Performance Assessment (HSPA) framework with an application to Devolution in Greater Manchester @GM_ICP @ARC_GM_ Read it here: https://t.co/XIaPgoNwX1
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Congratulations to @PhilipBritteon and co-authors, whose paper was named as one of the @rcgp highly commended research papers of the year. A fantastic achievement! Read the paper here: https://t.co/TaAUesWT4J
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Hi #EconTwitter! Interested in ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ using synthetic control methods? Check out this new #Econometrica paper by Florian Gunsilius (@UMich)! Useful for estimating causal effects on aggregate units when you have access to data at a finer granularity.
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A few of my favorite memes in 2022:
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Important paper. Great reference if using Poisson, two-part models, or OLS on untransformed Y (over OLS on log- or IHS-transformed Y) when estimating marginal effects on Ys with a mass point at zero. https://t.co/FxxzpIKrsf
Our new NBER working paper addresses the issue of whether it is generally advisable to transform nonnegative dependent variables before using them in regression analysis. 1/7
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Attending #ISPOREurope? Join us next Monday to hear a stellar line-up of experts (@PeterNeumann11, @ARUKSamBH, @HajBrum, @JacolineBouvy, & Sreeram Ramagopalan) discussing the inclusion of caregiver outcomes when assessing the value of dementia therapies.
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If you're heading to #ISPOREurope next week, don't miss @ARUKSamBH speaking more about the importance of including caregiver impacts when assessing the value of dementia treatments. She'll be joined by @HajBrum, @JacolineBouvy, @PeterNeumann11 & Sreeram Ramagopalan! @ISPORorg
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New from me with excellent @HOPE_UoM colleagues. Devolution in Greater Manchester was associated with an increase in life expectancy and a narrowing of inequalities. Read more here ๐
New paper out - โThe effect of #devolution on health: a generalised synthetic control analysis of Greater Manchester, Englandโ Access it here: https://t.co/QUirLy5YJS This research was funded by @HealthFdn and #NIHR It found ๐๐
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A ๐งต to keep track of my @Stata #dataviz packages ๐ 1) ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ: Has a large collection of ready-to-use #Stata #schemes. Two I personally use all the time are white_tableau (clean white) and neon (black background). https://t.co/Ef8pAWHY44
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Here you will find various ready-to-use Stata schemes. - asjadnaqvi/stata-schemepack
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We have published a follow-up to our @ISPORorg report ๐ Detailing analyses of heterogeneity in preference literature including an overview of research questions, the samples recruited, approaches to experimental design...and more! https://t.co/M6Nz8H5Vwd
@RTIHS @HealthEcon_MCR
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Several research papers have shown people from deprived areas wait longer for treatment by the NHS in England But still we were surprised to find this discrimination exists in emergency care too https://t.co/bWRHxzicXL
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๐ข New from me with @MattXSutton @RuthWatkinson @Mons93Stephanie @igorfrancetic ๐ข Deprived patients attending A&E wait longer, receive less complex care, are less likely to be admitted, and are more likely to re-attend or die shortly after attendance. https://t.co/NQcGQLXTa3
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Just re-upping this tip because it slipped my mind and it has saved me approximately 3 hours of scrolling today ....
A useful trick for reading papers in PDF. You clicked on a hyperlink that took you to a Figure, Table or Appendix at the end of the document. You probably want to go back, right? Don't scroll up. In Windows, press Alt + Left Arrow. In Mac, press Command + Left Arrow.
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Rarely learnt so much from a paper than I just have reading this one: https://t.co/GdLlOLxDUu We quite rightly obsess over internal validity, but this paper argues really clearly why we need to consider external validity more if we want evidence to be useful to decision-makers.
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Abstract. In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to problems of external validity, specifically to methodological approaches for both quantita
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๐ข New from me, the better half, and two greats not living in our household ๐ข We discuss how matching/weighting methods might be useful alongside DCEs. More details ๐ https://t.co/0cqvCbTfoX
New from me, @Al_Turner_ & @ocramireob in Journal of Choice Modelling on the use of matching and weighting methods when exploring preference heterogeneity ๐ We dicuss when (and when not) these methods are most useful. Examples with code in the appendix. https://t.co/1f7EP0Pl1x
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Authors find: Closing schools & workplaces appear to have been the most effective strategies to mitigate deaths from Covid-19 in the early days of the pandemicโs first wave, according to a study of 130 countries. See ๐ @HOPE_UoM @PROTECT_NCS @DukeStokes @Al_Turner_ @morciano_m
Closing schools and workplaces linked to reduced early Covid deaths, finds study
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After a mammoth review of DCEs and a survey to preference researchers to understand their views of heterogeneity, our @ISPORorg Special Interest Group Report is available to read here: https://t.co/hASmSLqYl8 Thanks to our brilliant chairs @ocramireob & Sebastian Heidenreich๐
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