Gallivan Steve

Steve Gallivan

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Found 21 papers in total
Examining the feasibility of using a modelling tool to assess resilience across a health-care system and assist with decisions concerning service reconfiguration
Examining the feasibility of using a modelling tool to assess resilience across a health-care system and assist with decisions concerning service reconfiguration
2014
Changes in medical practice, demographic shifts and financial pressures are all...
A stochastic model associated with paediatric heart transplantation
A stochastic model associated with paediatric heart transplantation
2013
A child judged to need cardiac transplantation must wait until a suitable donor heart...
A technical note concerning emergency bed demand
A technical note concerning emergency bed demand
2011
A common method for modelling emergency referrals to a hospital in‐patient unit...
Restructuring routine elective services to reduce overall capacity requirements within a local health economy
Restructuring routine elective services to reduce overall capacity requirements within a local health economy
2008
The UK Government has introduced a new class of health service providers called...
A technical note concerning non-adherence to drug therapy: exact expressions for the mean and variance of drug concentration
A technical note concerning non-adherence to drug therapy: exact expressions for the mean and variance of drug concentration
2008
There is considerable evidence that prescribed drugs are not taken as intended. We...
Quantifying the impact of non-adherence to drug therapy: a technical note concerning an application of a branch and bound algorithm
Quantifying the impact of non-adherence to drug therapy: a technical note concerning an application of a branch and bound algorithm
2008
Pharmacokinetic models typically rely on a key assumption that patients take their...
Modelling of errors in databases
Modelling of errors in databases
2008
A lot of time and energy are expended assembling national databases containing...
Challenging the role of calibration, validation and sensitivity analysis in relation to models of health care processes
Challenging the role of calibration, validation and sensitivity analysis in relation to models of health care processes
2008
Many applications of Operational Research in the context of health care involve...
A consensus process for identifying a prioritised list of study questions
A consensus process for identifying a prioritised list of study questions
2007
A consensus process has been developed to assist the UK National Confidential Enquiry...
A stochastic model to evaluate options for antenatal genetic screening
A stochastic model to evaluate options for antenatal genetic screening
2006
Haemoglobinopathies are a group of genetic disorders which are particularly prevalent...
Assessing mortality rates from dubious data – when to stop doing statistics and start doing mathematics
Assessing mortality rates from dubious data – when to stop doing statistics and start doing mathematics
2005
When trying to assess surgical outcomes at a particular centre, it is important to...
How likely is it that a run of poor outcomes is unlikely?
How likely is it that a run of poor outcomes is unlikely?
2003
Clinical audit of surgical outcomes often involves examination of the number of poor...
Estimating bed requirements for an intermediate care facility
Estimating bed requirements for an intermediate care facility
2003
Concern has been expressed in the United Kingdom regarding the proportion of beds...
Analytical methods for calculating the capacity required to operate an effective booked admissions policy for elective inpatient services
Analytical methods for calculating the capacity required to operate an effective booked admissions policy for elective inpatient services
2003
In the UK, hospitals are being encouraged to introduce booked admissions policies for...
ARMADA – a computer model of the impact of environmental factors on health
ARMADA – a computer model of the impact of environmental factors on health
2003
Environmental impact assessments are conducted on many developments as part of the...
Surgical performance measurement
Surgical performance measurement
2002
The need for effective surgical performance measurement has gained an increasingly...
The planning of cervical cancer screening programmes in Eastern Europe: Is viral testing a suitable alternative to smear testing?
The planning of cervical cancer screening programmes in Eastern Europe: Is viral testing a suitable alternative to smear testing?
2000
Cervical cancer screening with human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing has potential...
When should pharmacists visit their wards? An application of simulation to planning hospital pharmacy services
When should pharmacists visit their wards? An application of simulation to planning hospital pharmacy services
1999
This paper reports a pilot study of the use of simulation in planning hospital...
Monitoring the performance of cardiac surgeons
Monitoring the performance of cardiac surgeons
1999
In the past, simple methods have been used to examine the performance of surgeons by...
Monitoring surgical performance – a method that is accepted and used by cardiac surgeons
Monitoring surgical performance – a method that is accepted and used by cardiac surgeons
1998
OR is ultimately dependent on the implementation of improved methods. This paper...
Estimating a Markov transition matrix from observational data
Estimating a Markov transition matrix from observational data
1995
Markov chains are frequently used in Operational Research to describe how a system...
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