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

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How can European states design efficient, equitable and sustainable funding systems for long-term care projects for older people? (2009)

Fernández J-L, Forder J, Trukeschitz B, Rokosová M, McDaid D

World Health Organization Policy Brief 11

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Making the economic case for injury prevention and safety promotion (2008)

McDaid D, Park A

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Inequalities in the Use of Services Among Older People in England. A Rapid Review of the Literature (2008)

Fernández J-L, McDaid D, Kite J, Schmidt A, Park A, Knapp M

Age Concern

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Analysis of focus group results from the Optiwork project (2008)

McDaid D, Matosevic T

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Shifting Care from Hospital to the Community in Europe: Economic Challenges and Opportunities, MHEEN II Policy Briefing 4 (2008)

Medeiros H, McDaid D, Knapp M, MHEEN group

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Making the Economic Case for the Promotion of Mental Well-being and the Prevention of Mental Health Problems, MHEEN II Policy Briefing 3 (2008)

McDaid D, Zechmeister I, Kilian R, Medeiros H, Knapp M, Kennelly B, MHEEN group

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Employment and Mental Health: Assessing the Economic Impact and the Case for Intervention, MHEEN II Policy Briefing 5 (2008)

McDaid D, Knapp M, Medeiros H, MHEEN group

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Cost-effectiveness and Mental Health - MHEEN II Policy Briefing 2 (2008)

Knapp M, McDaid D, Evers S, Salvador Carulla L, Halsteini V, MHEEN group

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Commissioning, Interpreting and Making Use of Evidence on Mental Health Promotion and Mental Disorder Prevention: An Everyday Primer (2007)

Jane-Llopis E, Katschnig H, McDaid D, Wahlbeck K

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The Evaluation of the Big Lottery Fund Healthy Living Centres Programme Final Report (2007)

Hills D, Elliot E, Kowarzik U, Sullivan F, Stern E, Platt S, Boydell L, Popay J, Williams G, Petticrew M, McGregor E, Russell S, Wilkinson E, Rugkasa J, Gibson M, McDaid D

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Evaluation of the First Phase of Choose Life Final Report (2006)

Platt S, Halliday E, Maxwell M, McCollam A, McLean J, Woodhouse A, Blamey A, Mackenzie M, McDaid D

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Economic Evaluation and Public Health: Mapping the Literature (2006)

McDaid D, Needle J

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Final Report for the Department of Health on the Big Lottery Fund Healthy Living Centre Programme (2005)

Tavistock Institute, McDaid D

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Taloudellinen Arviointi Sosiaalialalla (2005)

Sefton T, Byford S, McDaid D, Hills J, Knapp M

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An economic, financial and health systems analysis of systems to support mental health in the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation (2005)

Samyshkin Y, McDaid D

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The Evaluation of the Big Lottery Fund Healthy Living Centres, Third Annual Report of the Bridge Consortium (2005)

Stern E, Petticrew M, Popay J, Boydell L, Platt S, McDaid D, Williams G, BRIDGE Consortium

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Economics and evidence for informed policy: proposed Campbell and Cochrane Economics Methods Group (2004)

Mugford M, Donaldson C, Dolan P, Elbourne D, Eisenstein E, Knapp M, Mallender J, McDaid D, Vale L

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Actions against depression: improving mental health and well being by combating the adverse health, social and economic consequences of depression (2004)

Henderson G, Henderson J, Lavikainen J, McDaid D

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The Evaluation of the New Opportunities Fund Healthy Living Centres, Second Annual Report of the Bridge Consortium (2003)

Stern E, Petticrew M, Popay J, Boydell L, Platt S, McDaid D, Williams G, BRIDGE Consortium

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Because it’s worth it. A practical guide to conducting economic evaluations in the social welfare field (2003)

Byford S, McDaid D, Sefton T

Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York Publications

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