M Strong

Summary

Affiliation: University of Sheffield
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi A qualitative study of primary care clinicians' views of treating childhood obesity
    Olivia Walker
    University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
    BMC Fam Pract 8:50. 2007
  2. ncbi A comparison of methods for calculating general practice level socioeconomic deprivation
    Mark Strong
    Rotherham Primary Care Trust, Oak House, Moorhead Way, Bramley, Rotherham, S66 1YY, UK
    Int J Health Geogr 5:29. 2006
  3. ncbi A method for modelling GP practice level deprivation scores using GIS
    Mark Strong
    Rotherham Primary Care Trust, Oak House, Moorhead Way, Bramley, Rotherham, S66 1YY, UK
    Int J Health Geogr 6:38. 2007
  4. ncbi The UK Quality and Outcomes Framework pay-for-performance scheme and spirometry: rewarding quality or just quantity? A cross-sectional study in Rotherham, UK
    Mark Strong
    School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, Sheffield S14DA, UK
    BMC Health Serv Res 9:108. 2009
  5. ncbi Adverse drug effects following oseltamivir mass treatment and prophylaxis in a school outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) in June 2009, Sheffield, United Kingdom
    M Strong
    School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
    Euro Surveill 15:pii/19565. 2010
  6. ncbi Bayesian inference for comorbid disease risks using marginal disease risks and correlation information from a separate source
    Mark Strong
    School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
    Med Decis Making 31:571-81. 2011
  7. ncbi Socioeconomic deprivation, coronary heart disease prevalence and quality of care: a practice-level analysis in Rotherham using data from the new UK general practitioner Quality and Outcomes Framework
    Mark Strong
    Rotherham Primary Care Trust, Oak House, Moorhead Way, Bramley, Rotherham S66 1YY, UK
    J Public Health (Oxf) 28:39-42. 2006
  8. ncbi Are socio-economic inequalities in mortality decreasing in Trent Region, UK? An observational study, 1988-1998
    Mark Strong
    Public Health GIS Unit, School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield
    J Public Health Med 24:120-2. 2002
  9. ncbi Financial incentives and GPs: What about the impact on patient health?
    Mark Strong
    BMJ 335:60. 2007

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi A qualitative study of primary care clinicians' views of treating childhood obesity
    Olivia Walker
    University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
    BMC Fam Pract 8:50. 2007
    ..This study aimed to explore general practitioners' and practice nurses' views in relation to their role in treating childhood obesity...
  2. ncbi A comparison of methods for calculating general practice level socioeconomic deprivation
    Mark Strong
    Rotherham Primary Care Trust, Oak House, Moorhead Way, Bramley, Rotherham, S66 1YY, UK
    Int J Health Geogr 5:29. 2006
    ....
  3. ncbi A method for modelling GP practice level deprivation scores using GIS
    Mark Strong
    Rotherham Primary Care Trust, Oak House, Moorhead Way, Bramley, Rotherham, S66 1YY, UK
    Int J Health Geogr 6:38. 2007
    ..This study aimed to develop a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) based model that could better predict a practice population-weighted deprivation score in the absence of patient level data than simple practice postcode linkage...
  4. ncbi The UK Quality and Outcomes Framework pay-for-performance scheme and spirometry: rewarding quality or just quantity? A cross-sectional study in Rotherham, UK
    Mark Strong
    School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, Sheffield S14DA, UK
    BMC Health Serv Res 9:108. 2009
    ..It is not known whether high achievement against QOF spirometry indicators is associated with spirometry to BTS standards...
  5. ncbi Adverse drug effects following oseltamivir mass treatment and prophylaxis in a school outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) in June 2009, Sheffield, United Kingdom
    M Strong
    School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
    Euro Surveill 15:pii/19565. 2010
    ....
  6. ncbi Bayesian inference for comorbid disease risks using marginal disease risks and correlation information from a separate source
    Mark Strong
    School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
    Med Decis Making 31:571-81. 2011
    ..This paper is motivated by the problem of estimating comorbid disease state risks when only single disease risk estimates are available...
  7. ncbi Socioeconomic deprivation, coronary heart disease prevalence and quality of care: a practice-level analysis in Rotherham using data from the new UK general practitioner Quality and Outcomes Framework
    Mark Strong
    Rotherham Primary Care Trust, Oak House, Moorhead Way, Bramley, Rotherham S66 1YY, UK
    J Public Health (Oxf) 28:39-42. 2006
    ..The new UK general practitioner (GP) Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) contract offers substantial financial rewards to general practices that combine maximal CHD case finding with high-quality CHD care...
  8. ncbi Are socio-economic inequalities in mortality decreasing in Trent Region, UK? An observational study, 1988-1998
    Mark Strong
    Public Health GIS Unit, School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield
    J Public Health Med 24:120-2. 2002
    ..CONCLUSION: There appear to be decreases in socio-economic inequalities in mortality between 1988 and 1998 in Trent Region. These trends run counter to those described in the majority of recent literature...
  9. ncbi Financial incentives and GPs: What about the impact on patient health?
    Mark Strong
    BMJ 335:60. 2007