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Does GP Practice Size Matter? GP Practice Size and the Quality of Primary Care

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This report examines trends in the organisation of general practitioner (GP) practices in England between 2004 and 2010, and the relationship between practice size and two indicators of the quality of care: Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) scores; emergency inpatient admissions for ambulatory care sensitive (ACS) conditions. We also examine the relationship between practice size and outpatient referral behaviour.

20 November 2014

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Child development and policy interventions (an IFS briefing as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science)

Event 5 November 2014 at 09:30 <p>10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH</p>
The first years of a child’s life lay the basis for lifelong outcomes. During this vital period, though, many children are exposed to poverty, malnutrition, illnesses and un-stimulating home environments, which have a detrimental effect on their cognitive, motor, and social-emotional development, as well as on their health, thus prohibiting them from reaching their full developmental potential. This period of early childhood is therefore a critically important one for intervention.
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Evaluation of a scalable early child development program in Colombia

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The objective of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of an integrated early child development intervention, combining stimulation and micronutrient supplementation and delivered on a large scale in Colombia, for children’s development, growth, and hemoglobin levels.

29 September 2014

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The Scottish NHS - more financially secure outside the UK?

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The future of the welfare state, and particularly of the NHS, has taken centre stage in the Scottish independence debate in recent days. Given the political rhetoric, there is a clear need for some impartial analysis. In this observation we try to set out some of the facts on both recent changes in NHS spending in England and Scotland, and the prospects for the future whether Scotland is in or out of the Union. Our analysis suggests it is unlikely that independence would make it easier to find additional money for the NHS.

11 September 2014

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Gluttony and sloth

Presentation

This paper was presented at the Women's Economist Network (WEN) event on 23 June 2014 in London.

23 June 2014