Nils Gutacker
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Biography

Nils Gutacker is a Research Fellow in the Health Policy Team. He joined the Centre for Health Economics in 2009. He holds a PhD in Economics and a MSc in Health Economics, both from the University of York, and a BSc in Health Care Management from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

Nils’ research focuses on performance measurement of health care providers using patient-level data and the theory of hospital behaviour. In particular, he investigates the use of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) as a means of measuring the performance of health care providers in improving patient health.

Research

Overview

Performance assessment and efficiency analysis
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs)
Incentive schemes including public reporting and pay-for-performance
International comparisons of health system performance
Equity analysis
Multilevel and hierarchical modelling

Projects

Nils is involved in several research projects, including:

Does better quality of primary care influence admissions and health outcomes for people with serious mental illness (SMI)? A linked patient-level analysis of the full patient care pathway – Funded by the NIHR HS&DR grant 13/54/40
Evaluating the development of medical revalidation in England and its impact on organisational performance and medical practice – Funded by the Department of Health Policy Research Programme grant PR-R9-0114-11002
Evidence Based Transformation with the NHS – Funded by the NIHR CLAHRC Yorkshire and Humber
Economics of Social and Health Care Research Unit (ESHCRU) – Funded by the Department of Health Policy Research Programme grant 103/0001

Past Projects

Combining routinely collected data and patient outcomes to measure the outcome/cost ratios of hospital procedures and identify variation across providers - Funded by the NIHR HS&DR grant 09/2000/47
Do higher primary care practice performance scores predict lower rates of emergency admissions for persons with serious mental illness? An analysis of secondary panel data - Funded by the NIHR HS&DR grant10/1011/22
European Collaboration for Healthcare Optimization (ECHO) - Funded by the 7th European Union Framework Programme
Review and Update of the Indices of Deprivation 2015 – Health Deprivation and Disability Domain – Funded by the Department for Communities and Local Government grant CPD/04/106/061