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2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
64
Citations
15776
World Ranking
1106
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Charles Normand is affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Health Professions. Within these broader areas, they have contributed notably to subfields such as General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, among others.

The principal topics of Charles Normand's research include:

  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Health disparities and outcomes

Normand's work has appeared in multiple publication venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • HRB Open Research
  • BMC Health Services Research
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS ONE

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Analysing the Efficiency of Health Systems: A Systematic Review of the Literature," (2022) in Applied Health Economics and Health Policy
  • "Mortality risk associated with combinations of loneliness and social isolation. Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)," (2021) in Age and Ageing
  • "Economic burden of maternal morbidity - A systematic review of cost-of-illness studies," (2020) in PLoS ONE
  • "Preoperative exercise to improve fitness in patients undergoing complex surgery for cancer of the lung or oesophagus (PRE-HIIT): protocol for a randomized controlled trial," (2020) in BMC Cancer
  • "Management of human resources for health: implications for health systems efficiency in Kenya," (2022) in BMC Health Services Research

Frequent collaborators include Peter May, Barbara McPake, Anne Nolan, Lizah Nyawira, and Benjamin Tsofa. Their joint projects underline recurring cooperative efforts in health systems research and policy.

Best Publications

  • Is there evidence that palliative care teams alter end-of-life experiences of patients and their caregivers?

    Irene J. Higginson;Ilora Gillian Finlay;Danielle M. Goodwin;Kerenza Hood

  • Evidence on the cost and cost-effectiveness of palliative care: A literature review:

    Samantha Smith;Aoife Brick;Sinéad O'Hara;Charles Normand

  • A systematic review of the role of bisphosphonates in metastatic disease.

    JR Ross;Y Saunders;PM Edmonds;S Patel

  • Clinical outcomes, quality of life, and costs in the North Thames Dialysis Study of elderly people on dialysis: a prospective cohort study.

    Donna L Lamping;Niculae Constantinovici;Paul Roderick;Charles Normand

  • Nurse led follow up and conventional medical follow up in management of patients with lung cancer: randomised trial

    Sally Moore;Jessica Corner;Jo Haviland;Mary Wells

  • A systematic review of the cost and cost effectiveness of using standard oral nutritional supplements in community and care home settings.

    M. Elia;C. Normand;A. Laviano;K. Norman

  • Economics of Palliative Care for Hospitalized Adults With Serious Illness: A Meta-analysis

    Peter May;Charles Normand;Charles Normand;J. Brian Cassel;Egidio Del Fabbro

  • Health Economics: An International Perspective

    Barbara McPake;Charles E. M. Normand

  • Prospective Cohort Study of Hospital Palliative Care Teams for Inpatients With Advanced Cancer: Earlier Consultation Is Associated With Larger Cost-Saving Effect

    Peter May;Melissa M. Garrido;J. Brian Cassel;Amy S. Kelley

  • A systematic review of the role of human papillomavirus testing within a cervical screening programme.

    Cuzick J;Sasieni P;Davies P;Adams J

  • Age, costs of acute and long-term care and proximity to death: evidence for 1987-88 and 1994-95 in British Columbia.

    K Mcgrail;B Green;M L Barer;R G Evans

  • Comparing the job satisfaction and intention to leave of different categories of health workers in Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa

    Duane Blaauw;Prudence Ditlopo;Fresier Maseko;Maureen Chirwa

  • Process and impact of mergers of NHS trusts: multicentre case study and management cost analysis

    Naomi Fulop;Gerasimos Protopsaltis;Andrew Hutchings;Annette King

  • A systematic review of the cost and cost effectiveness of using standard oral nutritional supplements in the hospital setting

    M. Elia;C. Normand;K. Norman;A. Laviano

  • Social Health Insurance : A Guidebook for Planning

    Charles E. M. Normand;Axel Weber

  • Changing organisations: a study of the context and processes of mergers of health care providers in England.

    Naomi Fulop;Gerasimos Protopsaltis;Annette King;Pauline Allen

  • Retention of health workers in Malawi: perspectives of health workers and district management

    Ogenna Manafa;Eilish McAuliffe;Fresier Maseko;Cameron Bowie

  • Palliative care in hospital, hospice, at home: results from a systematic review.

    I. G. Finlay;I. J. Higginson;D. M. Goodwin;A. M. Cook

  • A systematic review of the role of human papilloma virus (HPV) testing within a cervical screening programme: summary and conclusions.

    J Cuzick;P Sasieni;P Davies;J Adams

  • Comparison of hypertonic saline and alternate-day or daily recombinant human deoxyribonuclease in children with cystic fibrosis: a randomised trial

    Ranjan Suri;Christopher Metcalfe;Belinda Lees;Richard Grieve

  • From universal health insurance to universal healthcare? The shifting health policy landscape in Ireland since the economic crisis

    Sara Ann Burke;Charles Normand;Sarah Barry;Steve Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara McPake
Barbara McPake University of Melbourne
Irene J Higginson
Irene J Higginson King's College London
Norman Delanty
Norman Delanty Beaumont Hospital
Rose Anne Kenny
Rose Anne Kenny Trinity College Dublin
Naomi Fulop
Naomi Fulop University College London
Thomas L. Webb
Thomas L. Webb University of Sheffield
Ruairi Brugha
Ruairi Brugha Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Pauline Allen
Pauline Allen University of London
Malcolm MacLachlan
Malcolm MacLachlan National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Matthew Hotopf
Matthew Hotopf King's College London

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