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Allyson M Pollock is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom and has a significant body of research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work covers various subfields, including Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Surgery.

Their research spans multiple main topics such as Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Healthcare Systems and Challenges, and Healthcare Policy and Management.

Some of their recent papers include the following:

  • Asymptomatic transmission of covid-19, 2020, BMJ
  • Covid-19: why is the UK government ignoring WHO's advice?, 2020, BMJ

They have frequently collaborated with several co-authors, notably:

  • Petra Brhlíková
  • Peter Roderick
  • Graham Kirkwood
  • Louisa Harding-Edgar
  • Rosanna Lyus

The scientist's publications are concentrated in several journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • BMJ
  • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
  • Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
  • JRSM Open
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Best Publications

  • NHS plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care

    Allyson Pollock;Colin Leys

  • Private finance and “value for money” in NHS hospitals: a policy in search of a rationale?

    Allyson M Pollock;Jean Shaoul;Neil Vickers

  • How the World Trade Organisation is shaping domestic policies in health care

    David Price;Allyson M Pollock;Jean Shaoul

  • Prescribing indicators at primary health care centers within the WHO African region: a systematic analysis (1995–2015)

    Richard Ofori-Asenso;Petra Brhlikova;Allyson M. Pollock

  • Rewriting the regulations: how the World Trade Organisation could accelerate privatisation in health-care systems

    Allyson M Pollock;David Price

  • NHS capital expenditure and the private finance initiative—expansion or contraction?

    Declan Gaffney;Allyson M Pollock;David Price;Jean Shaoul

  • Asymptomatic transmission of covid-19

    Allyson M Pollock;James Lancaster

  • An Examination of the UK Treasury's Evidence Base for Cost and Time Overrun Data in UK Value-for-Money Policy and Appraisal

    Allyson M. Pollock;David Price;Stewart Player

  • The private finance initiative: PFI in the NHS--is there an economic case?

    Declan Gaffney;Allyson M Pollock;David Price;Jean Shaoul

  • Systematic review of rugby injuries in children and adolescents under 21 years

    Andreas Freitag;Graham Kirkwood;Sebastian Scharer;Richard Ofori-Asenso

  • Deprivation and emergency admissions for cancers of colorectum, lung, and breast in south east England: ecological study

    Allyson M Pollock;Neil Vickers

  • The New NHS: A Guide

    Alison Talbot-Smith;Allyson M. Pollock

  • The politics of the private finance initiative and the new NHS

    Declan Gaffney;Allyson M Pollock;David Price;Jean Shaoul

  • Concussion in youth rugby union and rugby league: a systematic review

    Graham Kirkwood;Nikesh Parekh;Richard Ofori-Asenso;Allyson M Pollock

  • BREAST, LUNG AND COLORECTAL CANCER INCIDENCE AND SURVIVAL IN SOUTH THAMES REGION, 1987-1992 : THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL DEPRIVATION

    Allyson M. Pollock;Neil Vickers

  • THE PRIVATE FINANCING OF NHS HOSPITALS: POLITICS, POLICY AND PRACTICE

    Mark Hellowell;Allyson M. Pollock

  • Pump-Priming the PFI: Why are Privately Financed Hospital Schemes Being Subsidized?

    Declan Gaffney;Allyson M. Pollock

  • The private finance initiative: planning the "new" NHS: downsizing for the 21st century.

    Allyson M Pollock;Matthew G Dunnigan;Declan Gaffney;David Price

  • Marketization in Long-Term Care: A Cross-Country Comparison of Large For-Profit Nursing Home Chains.

    Charlene Harrington;Frode F Jacobsen;Justin Panos;Allyson Pollock

  • Downsizing of acute inpatient beds associated with private finance initiative: Scotland's case study.

    Matthew G Dunnigan;Allyson M Pollock

Frequent Co-Authors

Mitchell G. Weiss
Mitchell G. Weiss Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Martin McKee
Martin McKee London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Charlene Harrington
Charlene Harrington University of California, San Francisco
David Sanders
David Sanders University of the Western Cape
Miren Iturriza-Gomara
Miren Iturriza-Gomara University of Liverpool
William L. Irving
William L. Irving University of Nottingham
Jonathan K. Ball
Jonathan K. Ball University of Nottingham
Jennifer S. Mindell
Jennifer S. Mindell University College London
Sarah H. Wild
Sarah H. Wild University of Edinburgh
Trisha Greenhalgh
Trisha Greenhalgh University of Oxford

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