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Alistair McGuire is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Health Professions, and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a focus on the intersections between health and economic evaluation.

Their work addresses a variety of subfields including General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Reproductive Medicine, Oncology, and Obstetrics and Gynecology. This diverse expertise supports research areas such as ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, global health care issues, health systems and economic evaluations, and healthcare policy and management.

Key topics in their research include:

  • Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection

McGuire has published numerous papers with a strong presence in well-regarded venues. Frequent publication outlets for their work include:

  • The Lancet
  • Value in Health
  • Health Policy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Gynecologic Oncology

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Alistair McGuire feature research on ovarian cancer and health workforce sustainability. These include:

  • "Ovarian cancer population screening and mortality after long-term follow-up in the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS): a randomised controlled trial", 2021, The Lancet
  • "Securing a sustainable and fit-for-purpose UK health and care workforce", 2021, The Lancet
  • "LSE-Lancet Commission on the future of the NHS: re-laying the foundations for an equitable and efficient health and care service after COVID-19", 2021, The Lancet
  • "Ovarian cancer symptoms, routes to diagnosis and survival - Population cohort study in the 'no screen' arm of the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS)", 2020, Gynecologic Oncology
  • "The changing health needs of the UK population", 2021, The Lancet

McGuire collaborates frequently with a consistent group of co-authors including Usha Menon, Matthew Burnell, Naveena Singh, Andy Ryan, and Jatinderpal Kalsi.

Best Publications

  • Intensive blood-glucose control with sulphonylureas or insulin compared with conventional treatment and risk of complications in patients with type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 33)

    R C Turner;R R Holman;C A Cull;I M Stratton

  • Carotid artery stenting compared with endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis (International Carotid Stenting Study): an interim analysis of a randomised controlled trial

    Jörg Ederle;Joanna Dobson;Joanna Dobson;Roland L. Featherstone;Leo H. Bonati;Leo H. Bonati

  • Ovarian cancer screening and mortality in the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS): a randomised controlled trial.

    Ian J Jacobs;Ian J Jacobs;Ian J Jacobs;Usha Menon;Andy Ryan;Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj

  • QALYs: The Basics

    Milton C. Weinstein;George Torrance;Alistair McGuire

  • Economic Evaluation in Health Care: Merging Theory with Practice

    Alistair McGuire;Michael Drummond

  • Cost of an emerging epidemic: an economic analysis of atrial fibrillation in the UK

    S Stewart;N Murphy;A Walker;Alistair McGuire

  • The current cost of heart failure to the National Health Service in the UK.

    Simon Stewart;Andrew Jenkins;Scot Buchan;Alistair McGuire

  • Antenatal screening for Down's syndrome.

    NJ Wald;A Kennard;AK Hackshaw;A McGuire

  • Ovarian Cancer Population Screening and Mortality After Long-Term Follow-up in the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS): A Randomised Controlled Trial

    Usha Menon;Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj;Matthew Burnell;Naveena Singh

  • Does Hospital Competition Save Lives? Evidence From The English NHS Patient Choice Reforms*

    Zack Cooper;Stephen Gibbons;Simon Jones;Alistair McGuire

  • Aggregate health care expenditures and national income. Is health care a luxury good

    David Parkin;Alistair McGuire;Brian Yule

  • Postoperative adhesions: ten-year follow-up of 12,584 patients undergoing lower abdominal surgery.

    Michael C. Parker;Harold Ellis;Brendan J. Moran;Jeremy N. Thompson

  • The economics of health care: an introductory text.

    Alistair McGuire;John Henderson;Gavin Mooney

  • Cost of stroke in the United Kingdom

    Oemer Saka;Alistair McGuire;Charles Wolfe

  • Cost effectiveness of an intensive blood glucose control policy in patients with type 2 diabetes: economic analysis alongside randomised controlled trial (UKPDS 41). United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study Group.

    Alastair Gray;Maria Raikou;Alistair McGuire;Paul Fenn

  • Systematic review on urine albumin testing for early detection of diabetic complications

    D J Newman;M B Mattock;A B S Dawnay;S Kerry

  • Risk Algorithm Using Serial Biomarker Measurements Doubles the Number of Screen-Detected Cancers Compared With a Single-Threshold Rule in the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening

    Usha Menon;Andy Ryan;Jatinderpal Kalsi;Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj

  • The West of Scotland coronary prevention study: economic benefit analysis of primary prevention with pravastatin

    J. Caro;W. Klittich;A. Mcguire;I. Ford

  • Cost-effectiveness of Population Screening for BRCA Mutations in Ashkenazi Jewish Women Compared With Family History–Based Testing

    Ranjit Manchanda;Rosa Legood;Matthew Burnell;Alistair McGuire

  • Population Testing for Cancer Predisposing BRCA1/BRCA2 Mutations in the Ashkenazi-Jewish Community: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Ranjit Manchanda;Kelly Loggenberg;Saskia Sanderson;Matthew Burnell

  • What is it to be a model

    A. McGuire;S. Morris

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Drummond
Michael Drummond University of York
Lesley Fallowfield
Lesley Fallowfield University of Sussex
Elias Mossialos
Elias Mossialos London School of Economics and Political Science
Gavin Mooney
Gavin Mooney University of Sydney
Stephen Gibbons
Stephen Gibbons London School of Economics and Political Science
David Parkin
David Parkin City, University of London
Ian Tomlinson
Ian Tomlinson University of Oxford
Jane Wardle
Jane Wardle University College London
Anthony Harris
Anthony Harris University of Sydney
Andrew Street
Andrew Street London School of Economics and Political Science

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