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Research Interests
I am a Senior Research Fellow at the PSSRU within the University of Kent’s School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research (SSPSSR). I joined the Unit in 2010 and initially worked on projects within the Economics of Social and Health Care Policy Research Unit (ESHCRU). I have subsequently worked on a number of national research projects funded by NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme, Health Foundation and NIHR School for Social Care Research (SSCR). I am currently a co-investigator in the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Adult Social Care (ASCRU) which is led by Dr. José-Luis Fernandez at the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC), London School of Economics.
As a social and health care economist I have particular interest in both market sustainability and workforce issues in social care. My research includes: the relationship between staffing factors and social care quality; exploring care home prices and the potential reasons for differences between private and public fees; the influence of the supply of social care on delayed discharges from hospital; analysing the impact of competition and its effects on price, quality and closure in both care homes and home care markets; and analysing the impact of funding reforms on the care homes market.
My Google Scholar profile can be found here.
Stephen Allan's Publications
Research Summaries
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The effects of minimum wage policy on the long-term care sector (2017)
Vadean F, Allan S
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The economic determinants of home care provider quality (2023)
Stephen Allan, Florin Vadean
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Home care market dynamics in England (2021)
S Allan
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Care home markets in England: changes over time and impact of local authority expenditure on supply (2020)
Allan S, Nizalova, O
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Drivers and barriers to social care supply: Evidence from two local authorities (2020)
Allan S, Darton R
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Price and quality across English care homes: Evidence from a secret shopper survey (2018)
Allan S
PSSRU Discussion Paper 2945, University of Kent
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The effects of minimum wage policy on the long-term care sector (2017)
Vadean F, Allan S
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The impact of workforce composition and characteristics on English care home quality (2017)
Allan S, Vadean F
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Explaining the fees gap between funding types in the English care homes market (2017)
Allan S, Gousia K, Forder J
ESHCRU working paper 2934
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Care Markets in England: Lessons from Research (2012)
Forder J, Allan S
PSSRU Discussion Paper 2815, University of Kent
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Competition in the Care Homes Market (2011)
Forder J, Allan S
PSSRU Discussion Paper 2814, University of Kent
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