Dr José-Luis Fernández

Deputy Director & Associate Professorial Research Fellow

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Research Interests

Dr Jose Luis Fernandez is Deputy Director and Associat Professorial Research Fellow at PSSRU, London School of Economics and Political Science. A health and social care economist, he specialises in ageing-related policies, the interaction between health and social care, and the economic evaluation of health and social care services and systems.

In 2010, he co-founded the International Long-term care Policy Network (ILPN) linking academics and policy makers on the analysis of long-term care, and also set-up the Economics of Social and Health Care Research Unit together with the universities of Kent and York, and the Quality and Outcomes Research Unit with universities of Kent and Oxford. He has advised bodies such as the English Department of Health, the UK Treasury and the World Health Organisation.

Jose-Luis' Google Scholar profile can be found here.

José-Luis Fernández's Publications

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Coordinating hospital discharges: bed blocking in England (2017)

Fernandez J, McGuire A, Raikou M

Journal of Health Economics

Journal of Health Economics (TBC)

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Predictors of care home and hospital admissions and their costs for older people with Alzheimer's disease: findings from a large London case register (2016)

Knapp M, Chua K-C, Broadbent M, Chang C, Fernández J-L, Milea D, Romeo R, Lovestone S, Spencer M, Thompson G, Stewart R, Hayes R

BMJ Open 6, 11, e013591

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Untangling the complexity of funding recommendations: a comparative analysis of health technology assessment outcomes in four European countries (2015)

Cerri K, Knapp M, Fernandez JL

Pharmaceutical Medicine 29, 6, 341-359

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Transitioning between ‘the old’ and ‘the new’ long-term care systems (2015)

Costa-Font J, Fernández J-L, Swartz K

Health Economics 21, S1, 1-3

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Local variability in long-term care services: local autonomy, exogenous influences and policy spillovers (2015)

Fernández J-L, Forder J

Health Economics 24, S1, 146-157

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How do child and adolescent mental health problems influence public sector costs? Interindividual variations in a nationally representative British sample (2015)

Knapp M, Snell T, Healey A, Guglani S, Evans-Lacko S, Fernández J-L, Melzer D, Ford T

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 56, 6, 667-676

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National trends and local delivery in old age mental health services: towards an evidence base. A mixed-methodology study of the balance of care approach, community mental health teams and specialist mental health outreach to care homes (2014)

Challis D, Tucker S, Wilberforce M, Brand C, Abendstern M, Stewart K, Jasper R, Harrington V, Verbeek H, Jolley D, Fernandez J, Dunn G, Knapp M, Bowns I

NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research 2, 4, 1-519

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Decision making by NICE: examining the influences of evidence, process and context (2014)

Cerri K, Knapp M, Fernández J-L

Health Economics, Policy and Law 9, 2, 119-141

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Public funding of pharmaceuticals in the Netherlands: investigating the effect of evidence, process and context on CVZ decision-making (2014)

Cerri K, Knapp M, Fernández J-L

European Journal of Health Economics 15, 7, 681-695

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Cost-effectiveness of telecare for people with social care needs: the Whole Systems Demonstrator cluster randomised trial (2014)

Henderson C, Knapp M, Fernández J-L, Beecham J, Hirani S, Beynon M, Cartwright M, Rixon L, Doll H, Bower P, Steventon A, Rogers A, Fitzpatrick R, Barlow J, Bardsley M, Newman S

Age and Ageing 43, 6, 794-800

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Revisiting the causes of stress in social work: sources of job demands, control and support in personalised adult social care (2014)

Wilberforce M, Jacobs S, Challis D, Manthorpe J, Stevens M, Jasper R, Fernández J-L, Glendinning C, Jones K, Knapp M, Moran N, Netten A

British Journal of Social Work 44, 4, 812-830

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Economic impact of childhood psychiatric disorder on public sector services in Britain: estimates from national survey data (2013)

Snell T, Knapp M, Healey A, Guglani S, Evans-Lacko S, Fernández J-L, Meltzer H, Ford T

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 54, 9, 977-985

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Cost effectiveness of telehealth for patients with long term conditions (Whole Systems Demonstrator telehealth questionnaire study): nested economic evaluation in a pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial (2013)

Henderson C, Knapp M, Fernandez J-L, Beecham J, Hirani S, Cartwright M, Rixon L, Beynon M, Rogers A, Bower P, Doll H, Fitzpatrick R, Steventon A, Bardsley M, Hendy J, Newman S, for the Whole System Demonstrator evaluation team

British Medical Journal 346, 346:f1035

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Older people’s experiences of cash-for-care schemes: evidence from the English Individual Budget pilot projects (2013)

Moran N, Glendinning C, Wilberforce M, Netten A, Jones K, Manthorpe J, Knapp M, Fernández J-L, Challis D, Jacobs S, Stevens M

Ageing and Society 33, 5, 826-851

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The personalization of care services and the early impact on staff activity patterns (2013)

Jacobs S, Abell J, Stevens M, Wilberforce M, Challis D, Manthorpe J, Fernández J-L, Glendinning C, Jones K, Knapp M, Moran N, Netten A

Journal of Social Work 13, 2, 141-163

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Reforming long-term care funding arrangements in England: international lessons (2012)

Fernández J-L, Forder J

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 34, 2, 346-362

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Self-management support for moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a pilot randomised controlled trial (2012)

Taylor S, Sohanpal R, Bremner S, Devine A, McDaid D, Fernandez J, Griffiths C, Eldridge S

British Journal of General Practice 62, 603, 687-695

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Long-term care for older people and EU Law: the position in England and Scotland (2012)

Hervey T, Stark A, Dawson A, Fernandez J, Matosevic T, McDaid D

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 34, 1, 105-124

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Measuring inefficiency in long-term care commissioning: evidence from English local authorities (2012)

D'Amico F, Fernández J

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 34, 2, 275-299

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Personalisation through Individual Budgets: does it work and for whom? (2012)

Netten A, Jones K, Knapp M, Fernández J-L, Challis D, Glendinning C, Jacobs S, Moran N, Stevens M, Wilberforce M

British Journal of Social Work 42, 8, 1556-1573

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