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Andrew McCarthy

Assistant Professor

Department: Nursing, Midwifery & Health

Andrew McCarthy

I am a health economist with a focus on economic evaluation of service provision.  

My interests include:

  • Evaluation of changes in social care provision
  • Implementation of new technologies and new methods of working
  • Time series and interrupted time series methodology
  • Exploring the use of large, linked data in economic evaluation and the application of causal inference methodologies

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • A lifetime economic model of mortality and secondary care use for patients discharged from hospital following acute stroke, McMeekin, P., McCarthy, S., McCarthy, A., Porteous, J., Allen, M., Laws, A., White, P., James, M., Ford, G., Shaw, L., Price, C. 1 Jan 2025, In: International Journal of Stroke
  • Bathing Adaptations in the Homes of Older Adults (BATH-OUT-2): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial, economic evaluation and process evaluation, Whitehead, P., Belshaw, S., Brady, S., Coleman, E., Dean, A., Doherty, L., Fairhurst, C., Francis-Farrell, S., Golding-Day, M., Gray, J., Martland, M., McAnuff, J., McCarthy, A., McMeekin, P., Mitchell, N., Narayanasamy, M., Newman, C., Parker, A., Rapley, T., Rodgers, S., Rooney, L., Russell, R., Sheard, L., Torgerson, D. 22 Jan 2024, In: Trials
  • Costs of endovascular and open repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms, Gray, J., McCarthy, A., Samarakoon, D., McMeekin, P., Sharples, L., Sastry, P., Crawshaw, P., Bicknell, C. 1 Jan 2024, In: British Journal of Surgery
  • Longitudinal health-related quality of life in people with thoracic aortic aneurysms, Sharples, L., Anagnostopoulou, V., Pouncey, A., Freeman, C., McCarthy, A., Gray, J., McMeekin, P., Sastry, P., Vale, L., Bicknell, C., Large, S. Sep 2024, In: British Journal of Surgery
  • Quantifying the cost savings and health impacts of improving colonoscopy quality: an economic evaluation, McCarthy, S., Rutter, M., McMeekin, P., Catlow, J., Sharp, L., Brookes, M., Valori, R., Bhardwaj-Gosling, R., Lee, T., McNally, R., McCarthy, A., Gray, J. 26 Jun 2024, In: BMJ Quality & Safety
  • Robotic and Laparoscopic Gynaecological Surgery: A Prospective Multi-Centre Observational Cohort Study and Economic Evaluation in England., McCarthy, A., Samarakoon, D., Gray, J., McMeekin, P., McCarthy, S., Newton, C., Nobbenhuis, M., Lippiatt, J., Twigg, J. 28 Sep 2023, In: BMJ Open
  • Aneurysm growth, survival, and quality of life in untreated thoracic aortic aneurysm: the effective treatments for thoracic aortic aneurysms study, Sharples, L., Sastry, P., Freeman, C., Bicknell, C., Chiu, Y., Vallabhaneni, S., Cook, A., Gray, J., McCarthy, A., McMeekin, P., Vale, L., Large, S. 1 Jul 2022, In: European Heart Journal
  • Endovascular stent grafting and open surgical replacement for chronic thoracic aortic aneurysms: a systematic review and prospective cohort study, Sharples, L., Sastry, P., Freeman, C., Gray, J., McCarthy, A., Chiu, Y., Bicknell, C., McMeekin, P., Vallabhaneni, S., Cook, A., Vale, L., Large, S. Jan 2022, In: Health Technology Assessment
  • The impact of a digital joint school educational programme on post-operative outcomes following lower limb arthroplasty: a retrospective comparative cohort study, Gray, J., McCarthy, S., Carr, E., Danjoux, G., Hackett, R., McCarthy, A., McMeekin, P., Clark, N., Baker, P. Dec 2022, In: BMC Health Services Research
  • Systematic review of endovascular stent grafting versus open surgical repair for the elective treatment of arch/descending thoracic aortic aneurysms, McCarthy, A., Gray, J., Sastry, P., Sharples, L., Vale, L., Cook, A., McMeekin, P., Freeman, C., Catarino, P., Large, S. Mar 2021, In: BMJ Open

  • Health & Social Research MSc August 31 2018
  • Economics BSc (Hons) June 30 2015

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