Profile

Biography

Chris is a Senior Research Fellow who re-joined CHE in August 2009 to work in the Health Policy team having previously worked in the Primary Care team from 1999-2004.  Prior to re-joining CHE, Chris was a senior research consultant and director of Pharmerit Ltd, a private health economics consultancy firm providing NICE reference case standard economic evaluations primarily to the pharmaceutical industry.

Recent research interests include the implementation of modern econometric methods on large and complex datasets underpinned by economic theory but with an emphasis on aiding decision making. This has required not only a strong working knowledge of modern methods, particularly limited dependent variables, longitudinal/panel data methods and Bayesian methods but perhaps just as importantly, the software used to implement them (SAS, Stata, WinBUGS).  Furthermore Chris is very experienced with handling large and complex datasets, clinical trial data as well as observational e.g. HES, THIN, GPRD,  HODaR, PLASC, Labour Force Survey, etc.

Outside of health, Chris maintains an interest in education and sports economics.

Research

Overview

• Recent research interests include the implementation of modern econometric methods on large and complex datasets underpinned by economic theory but with an emphasis on aiding decision making. This has required not only a strong working knowledge of modern methods, particularly limited dependent variables, longitudinal/panel data methods and Bayesian methods but perhaps just as importantly, the software used to implement them (SAS, Stata, WinBUGS). 
• Furthermore Chris is very experienced with handling large and complex datasets, clinical trial data as well as observational e.g. HES, THIN, GPRD,  HODaR, PLASC, Labour Force Survey, etc.

Research group(s)

• Health Policy Team

Grants

• National Institute for Health Research     
  Combining routinely collected data and patient outcomes to measure the outcome/cost ratios of hospital procedures and identify variation across providers

Publications

Full publications list

2012

• Bojke C, Castelli A, Goudie R, Street A, Ward P. Productivity of the English National Health Service 2003-4 to 2009-10. Centre for Health Economics, University of York; CHE Research Paper 76 (PDF , 847kb) 2012.
• Bojke C, Castelli A, Laudicella M, Street A, Ward P. Regional variation in the productivity of the English National Health Service. Health Economics 2012;DOI:10.1002/hec.2794.
• Gutacker N, Bojke C, Daidone S, Devlin N, Street A. Analysing hospital variation in health outcome at the level of EQ-5D dimensions. Centre for Health Economics, University of York; CHE Research Paper 74 (PDF , 521kb) 2012.

2011

• Gutacker N, Bojke C, Daidone S, Devlin N, Parkin D, Street A. Truly inefficient or providing better quality of care? analysing the relationship between risk-adjusted hospital costs and patients’ health outcomes. Centre for Health Economics, University of York; CHE Research Paper 68 (PDF , 381kb) , 2011.

2010 

• Bojke C, Castelli A, Laudicella M, Street A, Ward P. Regional variation in the productivity of the English National Health Service. Centre for Health Economics, University of York; CHE Research Paper 57 (PDF , 581kb) , 2010.
• Bojke C, Goddard M. Foundation trusts: a retrospective review. Centre for Health Economics, University of York; CHE Research Paper 58 (PDF , 241kb) , 2010.
• Bojke C, Philips Z, Sculpher M, Campion P, Chrystyn H, Coulton S, Cross B, Morton V, Richmond S, Farrin AJ, Hill G, Hilton A, Miles J, Russell I, Chi Kei Wong I. Cost-effectiveness of shared pharmaceutical care for older patients: RESPECT trial findings. British Journal of General Practice. 2010;60(570):21-27.

 2009

• Richardson G, Bojke C, Kennedy A, Reeves D, Bower P, Lee V, Middleton E, Gardner C, Gately C, Rogers A. What outcomes are important to patients with long term conditions? A discrete choice experiment. Value in Health 2009;12:331-9.
• Snedecor SJ, Botteman MF, Bojke C, Schaefer K, Barry N, Pickard AS. Cost-effectiveness of eszopiclone for the treatment of adults with primary chronic insomnia. Sleep 2009;1;32(6):817-24. 

2008

• van Vollenhoven RF, Ray S, Bojke C, Cifaldi MA, Weisman M. Impact of adalimumab (HUMIRA) combination therapy on expected resource use by patients with early rheumatoid arthiritis: results from a companion study to PREMIER. Ann Rheum Dis 2008;67(Suppl II):650.
• Lee R, Snedecor SJ, Bojke C, Statham J, Martire D, Trociio J, Botteman MF, Kaplan S. Improved health-related quality of life measured by patient utilities associated with reduction of overactive bladder symptoms. European Urology Supplements 2008;7(3):241.

2007

• Bojke C. The impact of post-season play-off systems on the attendance at regular season games In: Albert J, Konig RH, editors. Statistical thinking in sports. Boca Raton, Florida: Chapman and Hall/CRCPress; 2007. 

2006

• Scott A, Gravelle H, Simeons S, Sibbald B, Bojke C. Job satisfaction and quitting intentions: a structural model of British general practitioners. British Journal of Industrial Relations 2006;44:519-40.
• Whalley D, Bojke C, Gravelle H, Sibbald B. Morale of the GP workforce in the light of reform: a national survey of job satisfaction. British Journal of General Practice 2006;56:87-92.
• Sproule L, McGuiness C, Trew K, Harvey-Smith D, Bojke C, Rafferty H, Walsh G, Sheehy N, O'Neill B. The early years enriched curriculum evaluation project: EYECEO - Year 5 technical supplement: Full description of the statistical analysis. Council for the Curriculum Examinations and Assessment 2006.
• Moor H, Jones M, Johnson F, Martin K, Cowell E, Bojke C. Mathematics and science in in secondary schools: the deployment of teachers and support staff to deliver the curriculum. DfES Research Report 708 2006.

2005

• Ginnelly L, Sculpher M, Bojke C, DiGuseppi C, Roberts I, Wade A. Determining the cost effectiveness of a smoke alarm give-away program using data from a randomised controlled trial. European Journal of Public Health 2005;15:448-53.
• Wilkin A, Kendall S, White R, Kinder K, Bojke C, Johnson F. Investigating the extent of commercial activity in school's. Scottish Executive Social Research 2005.
• Downing D, Bojke C, White R. Champions of local learning: case studies of individual learners. LGA Research Report 12/05, Slough: NFER 2005.

2004

• Bojke C, Gravelle H, Hassell K, Whittington Z. Increasing patient choice in primary care: the management of minor ailments. Health Economics 2004;13:73-86.

2003

• Wilkin D, Bojke C, Coleman A, Gravelle H. The relationship between size and performance of primary care organisations in England. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 2003;8:11-17.
• Sibbald B, Bojke C, Gravelle H. National survey of job satisfaction and retirement intentions among general practitioners in England. BMJ 2003;326:22-4.
• Bower P, Campbell S, Bojke C, Sibbald B. Team structure, team climate and the quality of care in primary care: an observational study. Quality and Safety in Health Care 2003;12(4):273-79.