Dr Derek King

Assistant Professorial Research Fellow

0207 955 7863

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Research Interests

Dr King's areas of expertise are mental health policy and economics, the demand and financing of long term care and cost-effectiveness analysis. He has previously worked in the areas of private medical insurance, priority setting in health care, pharmaceutical policy and development of quality of life instruments.

Derek has recently completed work looking at the intensity of unpaid care provision and its impact on employment with Dr Linda Pickard. He is currently involved in a number of cost and cost-effectiveness studies of health and social care interventions.

Derek's Google Scholar profile can be accessed here.

Derek King's Publications

Journal Articles

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Barriers to receipt of social care services for working carers and the people they care for in times of austerity (2017)

Brimblecombe N, Pickard L, King D, Knapp M

Journal of Social Policy

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Childhood bullying victimization is associated with use of mental health services over five decades: a longitudinal nationally representative cohort study (2017)

Evans-Lacko S, Takizawa R, Brimblecombe N, King D, Knapp M, Maughan B, Takizawa R

Psychological Medicine 47, 1, 127-135

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Costs and economic consequences of a help-at-home scheme for older people in England (2017)

Bauer A, Knapp M, Wistow G, Perkins M, King D, Iemmi V

Health and Social Care in the Community 25, 2, 780-789

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Advance care planning in England: Is there an association with place of death? Secondary analysis of data from the National Survey of Bereaved People (2016)

Dixon J, Knapp M, King D

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

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Cost-effectiveness of donepezil and memantine in moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease (the DOMINO-AD trial) (2016)

Knapp M, King D, Romeo R, Adams J, Baldwin A, Ballard C, Banerjee S, Barber R, Bentham P, Brown R, Burns A, Dening T, Findlay D, Holmes C, Johnson T, Jones R, Katona C, Lindesay J, Macharouthu A, McKeith I, McShane R, O'Brien J, Phillips P, Sheehan B, Howard R

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

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Perceptions of unmet needs for community social care services in England. A comparison of working carers and the people they care for (2016)

Brimblecombe N, Pickard L, King D, Knapp M

Health and Social Care in the Community

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Numbers of working carers whose employment is ‘at risk’ in England (2015)

King D, Pickard L, Brimblecombe N, Knapp M

Research, Policy and Planning 31, 1, 29-42

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Data on Adult Social Care: Scoping Review (2015)

King D, Wittenberg R

British Journal of Social Work

NIHR School for Social Care Research

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The role of youth mental health services in the treatment of young people with serious mental illness: two-year outcomes and economic implications (2015)

Brimblecombe N, Knapp M, Murguia S, Mbeah-Banks H, Crane S, Harris A, Evans-Lacko S, Ardino V, Iemmi V, King D

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

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The 'visibility' of unpaid care in England (2015)

Pickard L, King D, Knapp M

Journal of Social Work 16, 3, 263-282

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The effectiveness of paid services in supporting unpaid carers’ employment in England (2015)

Pickard L, Brimblecombe N, King D, Knapp M

Journal of Social Policy 44, 3, 567-590

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Dependence in Alzheimer's disease and service use costs, quality of life, and caregiver burden: the DADE study (2015)

Jones R, Romeo R, Trigg R, Knapp M, Sato A, King D, Niecko T, Lacey L, for the DADE Investigator Group

Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association 11, 3, 280-290

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The relationship between changes in quality of life outcomes and progression of Alzheimer's disease: results from the Dependence in AD in England 2 longitudinal study (2015)

Jones R, Romeo R, Trigg R, Knapp M, Sato A, King D, Niecko T

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 30, 4, 400-408

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Perinatal depression and child development: exploring the economic consequences from a South London cohort (2015)

Bauer A, Pawlby S, Plant D, King D, Parmiente C, Knapp M

Psychological Medicine 45, 1, 51-61

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Long-term clinical and cost-effectiveness of psychological intervention for family carers of people with dementia: a single-blind, randomised, controlled trial (2014)

Livingston G, Barber J, Rapaport P, Knapp M, Griffin M, King D, Romeo R, Livingston D, Mummery C, Walker Z, Hoe J, Cooper C

The Lancet Psychiatry 1, 7, 539-548

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START (STrAtegies for RelaTives) study: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial to determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a manual-based coping strategy programme in promoting the mental health of carers of people with dementia (2014)

Livingston G, Barber J, Rapaport P, Knapp M, Griffin M, Romeo R, King D, Livingston D, Lewis-Holmes E, Mummery C, Walker Z, Hoe J, Cooper C

Health Technology Assessment 18, 61, 1-242

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Emergency ambulance service involvement with residential care homes in the support of older people with dementia: an observational study (2014)

Amador S, Goodman C, King D, Machen I, Elmore N, Mathie E, Iliffe S

BMC Geriatrics 14

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Exploring resource use and associated costs in end-of-life care for older people with dementia in residential care homes (2014)

Amador S, Goodman C, King D, Ng YT, Elmore N, Mathie E, Machen I, Knapp M

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 29, 7, 758-766

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The impact of nonadherence to medication in patients with schizophrenia on health, social care and societal costs. Analysis of the QUATRO study (2014)

King D, Knapp M, Patel A, Amaddeo F, Tansella M, Schene A, Koeter M, Angermeyer M, Becker T

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 23, 1, 61-70

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Clinical effectiveness of a manual based coping strategy programme (START, STrAtegies for RelaTives) in promoting the mental health of carers of family members with dementia: pragmatic randomised controlled trial (2013)

Livingston G, Barber J, Rapaport P, Knapp M, Griffin M, King D, Livingston D, Mummery C, Walker Z, Hoe J, Sampson E, Cooper C

British Medical Journal 347, 347:f6276

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