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Overview
Rachel is interested in the evaluation of changes to the financing and organisation of health care. In particular, her work focuses on adapting the methods commonly used in the cost-effectiveness analysis of healthcare technologies, and applying these to large-scale programme evaluations.
Rachel has particular experience of performing high-profile evaluations of the NHS' move towards seven day hospital services, and multiple pay-for-performance initiatives.
Rachel is the newly elected head of the UK Health Economics Association, HESG, a role she delivers jointly with Prof Nils Gutacker from the University of York. She was previously the first elected Chair of the European Health Economics Association (EuHEA) Early Career Committee, which aims to encourage and foster collaborative relationships between early career researchers across Europe, serving from 2017 - 2020. She currently serves as a member of the NIHR Health Services & Delivery Research (HS&DR) funding committee. Rachel also provides national leadership in Economics across the NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs).
Rachel is Principal Investigator on a 3 year grant from the NIHR HS&DR programme aiming to understand the role of adult community health services in avoiding hospital admissions: https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR134436
Rachel's other current research projects include:
- Identifying and measuring spillover effects of changes to healthcare organisation and delivery
- Evaluating the national NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme
- Effectiveness and value for money of Prescribed Specialised Services Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (PSS CQUIN)
- Realist evaluation of online mental health communities to improve policy and practice
Contact details: rachel.meacock@manchester.ac.uk
Research interests
Healthcare quality, pay-for-performance, policy evaluation.
Qualifications
BA Economics (The University of Sheffield, 2009)
MSc Economics & Health Economics (The University of Sheffield, 2010)
PhD Health Economics (The University of Manchester, 2017)
My collaborations
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Digital Futures
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Do informal care recipients internalise carer burden? Examining the impact of informal care receipt on health behaviours
Elliott, J., Francetic, I., Meacock, R. & Sutton, M., 11 Oct 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Engagement with a nationally-implemented digital behaviour change intervention: Usage patterns over the 9-month duration of the National Health Service Digital Diabetes Prevention Programme
Hawkes, R. E., Miles, L. M., Ainsworth, B., Ross, J., Meacock, R. & French, D. P., 10 Jul 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Internet interventions.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating the short-term costs and benefits of a nationwide diabetes prevention programme in England: retrospective observational study
Mcmanus, E., Meacock, R., Parkinson, B. & Sutton, M., 3 Oct 2023, In: Applied health economics and health policy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How do family doctors respond to reduced waiting times for cancer diagnosis in secondary care?
Hayes, H., Meacock, R., Stokes, J. & Sutton, M., 3 Oct 2023, In: The European Journal of Health Economics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Improving Peer Online Forums (iPOF): protocol for a realist evaluation of peer online mental health forums to inform practice and policy
Lobban, F., Coole, M., Donaldson, E., Glossop, Z., Johnston, R., Jones, S., Lodge, C., Machin, K., Marshall, P., Meacock, R., Penhaligon, K., Rakic, T., Rawsthorne, M., Rayson, P., Robinson, H., Rycroft-Malone, J., Semino, E., Shryane, N. & Wise, S., 30 Jul 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 7, e075142.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester.
Cullum, N., Abel, K., Ainsworth, J., Arden Armitage, C., Bee, P., Bower, P., Bucci, S., Burden, S., Burns, A., Checkland, K., Dixon, W., Dowding, D., Dumville, J., French, D., Grande, G., Green, J., Griffiths, J., Hodgson, D., Keady, J., Kislov, R., Kontopantelis, E., Lovell, K., Meacock, R., Morciano, M., Munford, L., O'Neill, T., Peek, N., Pendleton, N., Sanders, C., Spooner, S., Stanmore, E., Sutton, M., Todd, C., Turner, S., Van Der Veer, S., Webb, R., Whittaker, W. & Wilson, P.
1/10/19 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
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DECISION: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment in the Prison Population of England and Wales: Identifying Individual Need and Developing a Skilled, Multi-Agency Workforce to Deliver Targeted and Responsive Services.
Shaw, J., Burns, A., Challis, D., Forsyth, K., Meacock, R., Perryman, K., Sanders, C., Senior, J. & Webb, R.
1/07/17 → 30/06/19
Project: Research
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Evaluating the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP): The DIPLOMA Research Programme (Diabetes Prevention - Long Term Multimethod Assessment).
Sutton, M., Bower, P., Chandola, T., Cotterill, S., French, D., Kontopantelis, E., Meacock, R., Reeves, D., Sanders, C., Whittaker, W. & Wilson, P.
1/04/17 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
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A Community-based Intervention to improve health-related quality of life in children of parents with serious parental mental illness:feasibility study (Young Smiles)
Abel, K., Bee, P., Bower, P., Calam, R., Emsley, R., Green, J. & Meacock, R.
1/01/16 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
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The Effectiveness of the Older Prisoner Health and Social Care Assessment and Plan (OHSCAP): A Randomised Controlled Trial.
Shaw, J., Burns, A., Challis, D., Edge, D., Forsyth, K., Harrison, M., Meacock, R., O'Hara, K., Senior, J., Webb, R. & While, D.
1/05/13 → 31/10/16
Project: Research
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Is telephone health coaching a useful population health strategy for supporting older people with multimorbidity? An evaluation of reach, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness using a ‘trial within a cohort’
Panagioti, M. (Contributor), Reeves, D. (Contributor), Meacock, R. (Contributor), Parkinson, B. (Contributor), Lovell, K. (Contributor), Hann, M. (Contributor), Howells, K. (Contributor), Blakemore, A. (Contributor), Riste, L. (Contributor), Coventry, P. (Contributor), Blakeman, T. (Contributor), Sidaway, M. (Contributor) & Bower, P. (Contributor), figshare , 30 May 2018
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4116392.v1, https://figshare.com/collections/Is_telephone_health_coaching_a_useful_population_health_strategy_for_supporting_older_people_with_multimorbidity_An_evaluation_of_reach_effectiveness_and_cost-effectiveness_using_a_trial_within_a_cohort_/4116392/1
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Press/Media
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THE INDEPENDENT: Jeremy Hunt’s seven day working targets ‘not linked’ to fewer weekend deaths, says study
9/11/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Thesis
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Economic evaluation of changes to the organisation and delivery of health services: methods and applications
Author: Meacock, R., 31 Dec 2017Supervisor: Sutton, (Supervisor) & Kristensen, (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Phd
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