All Outputs (4)

Antimicrobial use in UK long-term care facilities: Results of a point prevalence survey (2019)
Journal Article
Thornley, T., Ashiru-Oredope, D., Beech, E., Howard, P., Kirkdale, C. L., Elliott, H., …Roberts, A. (2019). Antimicrobial use in UK long-term care facilities: Results of a point prevalence survey. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 74(7), 2083-2090. https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkz135

Background: The majority of people in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are aged 65 years and older, and most of their care needs are provided by the LTCF staff. Provision of healthcare services for residents in LTCFs is variable and can result in di... Read More about Antimicrobial use in UK long-term care facilities: Results of a point prevalence survey.

Diabetes Screening Through Community Pharmacies in England: A Cost-Effectiveness Study (2019)
Journal Article
Wright, D., Little, R., Turner, D., & Thornley, T. (2019). Diabetes Screening Through Community Pharmacies in England: A Cost-Effectiveness Study. Pharmacy, 7(1), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy7010030

Community pharmacies are commonly used to screen for patients with diabetes. The aim of this paper is to estimate the cost per test and cost per appropriately referred patient from a pharmacy perspective using a one-year decision tree model. One-way... Read More about Diabetes Screening Through Community Pharmacies in England: A Cost-Effectiveness Study.

Making medications stick: improving medication adherence by highlighting the personal health costs of non-compliance (2019)
Journal Article
Jachimowicz, J. M., Gladstone, J. J., Berry, D., Kirkdale, C. L., Thornley, T., & Galinsky, A. D. (2021). Making medications stick: improving medication adherence by highlighting the personal health costs of non-compliance. Behavioural Public Policy, 5(3), 396-416. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2019.1

Poor compliance of prescription medication is an ongoing public health crisis. Nearly half of patients do not take their medication as prescribed, harming their own health while also increasing public health care costs. Despite these detrimental cons... Read More about Making medications stick: improving medication adherence by highlighting the personal health costs of non-compliance.

Antibiotic prescribing for residents in long-term-care facilities across the UK (2019)
Journal Article
Thornley, T., Ashiru-Oredope, D., Normington, A., Beech, E., & Howard, P. (2019). Antibiotic prescribing for residents in long-term-care facilities across the UK. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 74(5), 1447-1451. https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkz008

Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health problem. Elderly residents in long-term-care facilities (LTCFs) are frequently prescribed antibiotics, particularly for urinary tract infections. Optimizing appropriate antibiotic us... Read More about Antibiotic prescribing for residents in long-term-care facilities across the UK.