David McDaid

Associate Professorial Research Fellow

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Research Interests

David McDaid is an Associate Professorial Research Fellow in Health Policy and Health Economics at the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is involved in a wide range of work on mental health and public ealth in the UK, Europe and at the global level. He is a co-ordinator of the Mental Health Economics European Network, a member of NICE's Public Health Interventions Advisory Committee since 2007, Co-Convenor of the Cochrane Campbell Economic Methods Group and has acted as an advisor to a range of organisations, including the European Commission and World Health Organisation, and national/regional governmental departments, including the Department of Health in England and equivalent bodies in Scotland and Wales. He has published over 300 peer reviewed papers and reports, including a report for the UK Department of Health which looked at the economic case for investing in mental health promotion and mental disorder prevention. He is the editor of two recent books – the first on economics and wellbeing and the second, a collaboration between the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the OECD, looks at the economic case for investing in health promotion and disease prevention. He is also a past winner of the European Health Management Association's Baxter Award in 2007 for the best book on health policy – Mental Health Policy and Practice across Europe.

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David McDaid's Publications

Magazine Articles

Magazine Article

Systematic search: ensuring effective use of research evidence (2010)

Park A, McDaid D, Matosevic T

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Optimising strategies for integrating people with disabilities into work (OPTI-WORK) (2008)

McDaid D, Matosevic T

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Reports

Report

Promoting mental health in the workplace: guidance to implementing a comprehensive approach (2014)

Wynne R, De Broeck V, Vandenbroek K, Leka S, Jain A, Houtman I, McDaid D, Park A

Luxembourg

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Report

The case for investing in public health: a public health summary report for EPHO 8 (2014)

Nurse J, Dorey S, Yao L, Sigfrid L, Yfantopolous P, McDaid D, Yfantopolous J, Moreno J

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Report

Evaluation of policy and practice to promote mental health in the workplace in Europe: final report (2014)

Leka S, Jain A, Houtman I, McDaid D, Park A, De Broeck V, Wynne R

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Report

Prescription for Success - How housing can make the economic case to health (2014)

McDaid D, Park A, Eliot J, Livsey L, Swan A

National Housing Federation

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Report

Supported Housing (2014)

Park A, McDaid D, Knapp M

Centre for Mental Health

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Investing in Recovery: Making the Business Case for Effective Interventions for People with Schizophrenia and Psychosis (2014)

Knapp M, Andrew A, McDaid D, Iemmi V, McCrone P, Park A, Parsonage M, Boardman J, Shepherd G

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Report

Promoting health, preventing disease: is there an economic case? (2013)

Merkur S, Sassi F, McDaid D

Policy Summary 6, World Health Organization 2013 (acting as the host organization for, and secretariat of, the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)

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Report

How can knowledge brokering be better supported across European health systems? (2013)

Lavis J, Permanand G, Catallo C, BRIDGE Study Team

Policy Brief 16 (BRIDGE series)

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How can knowledge brokering be advanced in a country’s health system? (2013)

Lavis J, Permanand G, Catallo C, BRIDGE Study Team

Policy Brief 17 (BRIDGE series)

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Report

Promoting health, preventing disease: is there an economic case? (2013)

Merkur S, Sassi F, McDaid D

European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

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Report

Health care management autonomy: Evidence from the Catalonian hospital sector in a decentralised Spain (2013)

McDaid D, Costa-Font J, López G

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Long-term conditions and mental health: the cost of co-morbidities (2012)

Naylor C, Parsonage M, McDaid D, Knapp M, Fossey M, Galea A

The King's Fund

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What are the effects of different models of delivery for improving maternal and infant health outcomes for poor people in urban areas in low income and lower middle income countries? (2012)

Coast E, McDaid D, Leone T, Pitchforth E, Matthews Z, Iemmi V, Hirose A, Macrae-Gibson R, Secker J, Jones E

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Counting All the Costs: the Economic Impacts of Poor Physical Health in People With Mental Health Problems (2011)

McDaid D, Park A

Bristol-Myers Squibb

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Making the Case for Investing in the Health of Young People: Assessing the Economic Impact of Poor Health and Actions to Promote and Protect Better Health of Children in Europe (2011)

McDaid D, Park A

Personal Social Services Research Unit

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Report

Online Health: Untangling the Web (2011)

McDaid D, Park A

Bupa

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Tackling Medically Unexplained Symptoms (2011)

McDaid D, Park A, Parsonage M

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Promoting Well-Being in the Workplace (2011)

McDaid D, King D, Park A, Parsonage M

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