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Meeting global health challenges through operational research and management science by Royston, Geoff

“…This paper considers how operational research and management science can improve the design of health systems and the delivery of health care, particularly in…”
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Universal access to essential health information: accelerating progress towards universal health coverage and other SDG health targets by Royston, Geoff, Pakenham-Walsh, Neil, Zielinski, Chris

“…The information that people need to protect and manage their own health and the health of those for whom they are responsible is a fundamental element of an…”
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Joining forces: the value of design partnering with operational research to improve healthcare delivery by Lamé, Guillaume, Crowe, Sonya, Komashie, Alexander, Royston, Geoff

“…A wide range of disciplines are directing their methods and tools to help address the challenges of healthcare. Chief among these are design and operational…”
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Mobile health-care information for all: a global challenge by Royston, Geoff, Hagar, Christine, Long, Lesley-Anne, McMahon, Dennis, Pakenham-Walsh, Neil, Wadhwani, Nand

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NHS Direct did not emerge from an evidence free void by Royston, Geoff H

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Meeting global health challenges through operational research and management science by ROYSTON, Geoff

“…This paper considers how operational research and management science can improve the design of health systems and the delivery of health care, particularly in…”
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Meeting global health challenges through operational research and management science/Relever les defis de la sante mondiale par la recherche operationnelle et a la science de gestion/Cumplimiento de los retos sanitarios globales a traves de la investigacion operativa y las ciencias administrativas by Royston, Geoff

“…This paper considers how operational research and management science can improve the design of health systems and the delivery of health care, particularly in…”
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Special issue on global health by Royston, Geoff

“…Issue Title: Special issue on global health…”
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Healthcare workers' informal uses of mobile phones and other mobile devices to support their work: a qualitative evidence synthesis by Glenton, Claire, Paulsen, Elizabeth, Agarwal, Smisha, Gopinathan, Unni, Johansen, Marit, Kyaddondo, David, Munabi-Babigumira, Susan, Nabukenya, Josephine, Nakityo, Immaculate, Namaganda, Rehema, Namitala, Josephine, Neumark, Tom, Nsangi, Allen, Pakenham-Walsh, Neil M, Rashidian, Arash, Royston, Geoff, Sewankambo, Nelson, Tamrat, Tigest, Lewin, Simon

“…Healthcare workers sometimes develop their own informal solutions to deliver services. One such solution is to use their personal mobile phones or other mobile…”
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Operational Research for the Real World: big questions from a small island by Royston, G

“…The address explores three questions that are important for operational research: 'Where do we come from?', 'What are we?' and 'Where are we going?' First, it…”
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One Hundred Years of Operational Research in Health: UK 1948-2048 by Royston, G.

“…This paper presents a personal view, drawing on some 30 years of working in this area, of past, present and future contributions of operational research (OR)…”
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Using an online community of practice to explore the informal use of mobile phones by health workers by Glenton, Claire, Nabukenya, Josephine, Agarwal, Smisha, Meltzer, Michele, Mukendi, Elisabeth, Lwanga, Immaculate Nakityo, Namitala, Josephine, Reddy, Sunanda, Royston, Geoff, Tamrat, Tigest, Pakenham-Walsh, Neil

“…Abstract Health workers are increasingly harnessing mobile phones to develop their own solutions to work challenges. The mHEALTH-INNOVATE project aims to…”
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Shifting the balance of health care into the 21st century by Royston, Geoff

“…Some of the present or likely future key shifts in the balance of health care in Europe are set out; shifts in when and where and how care is delivered, what…”
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Using system dynamics to help develop and implement policies and programmes in health care in England by Royston, Geoff, Dost, Ayesha, Townshend, Jeremy, Turner, Howard

“…This article describes how the Operational Research group in the Department of Health in England has used system dynamics modelling in several areas of health…”
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Commentary: Trials versus Models in Appraising Screening Programmes by Royston, Geoff

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Withdrawing low risk women from cervical sceening programmes: Mathematical modelling study / Commentary: Trials versus models in appraising screening programmes by Sherlaw-Johnson, C, Gallivan, S, Jenkins, D, Royston, Geoff

“…OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of policies for removing women before the recommended age of 64 from screening programmes for cervical cancer in the United…”
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Decision analysis in the selection, design and application of clinical and health services research by Lilford, R, Royston, G

“…Research evidence will never be sufficient to tell us how treatments compare in every group or class of patients. It will always be necessary to particularize…”
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Personal paper: Risk language and dialects by Calman, Sir Kenneth C, Royston, Geoff

“…Cause of death Risk (in any one year) Any cause 1 in 100 Any cause, age 40 1 in 850 Road accident 1 in 8000 Murder 1 in 100 000 Lightning 1 in 10 000 000…”
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Some practical hints for newcomers to health futures by Nicholson, Duncan, Hadridge, Philip, Royston, Geoff

“…The three authors of this article are all relative newcomers to the health futures field. One is based within an academic Institute of Public Health, another…”
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Modelling the use of health services by populations of small areas to inform the allocation of central resources to larger regions by Royston, G H, Hurst, J W, Lister, E G, Stewart, P A

“…Modelling the use of health services by local populations can inform the allocation of central resources to larger regions. At aggregate, e.g. regional, level,…”
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