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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
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When is a carer’s employment at risk? Longitudinal analysis of unpaid care and employment in midlife in England (2013)
King D, Pickard L
Health and Social Care in the Community 21, 3, 303-314
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The impact of ICT services on the perceptions of quality of life of older people (2013)
Damant J, Knapp M, Watters S, Freddolino P, Ellis M, King D
Journal of Assistive Technologies 7, 1, 5-21
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Cost effectiveness of a manual based coping strategy programme in promoting the mental health of family carers of people with dementia (the START (STrAtegies for RelaTives) study): a 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, Romeo R
British Medical Journal 347, 347:f6342
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The role of care home fees in the public costs and distributional effects of potential reforms to care home funding for older people in England (2013)
Hancock R, Malley J, Wittenberg R, Morciano M, Pickard L, King D, Comas-Herrera A
Health, Economics, Policy and Law 8, 1, 47-73
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The MonAMI project: the social benefits of telecare (2012)
Damant J, Knapp M, Watters S, King D, Ellis M, Freddolino P
International Journal of Integrated Care 12, Suppl, e56
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Donepezil and memantine in moderate to severe Alzheimer’s disease: The DOMINO trial (2012)
Knapp M, King D, Romeo R, Adams J, Baldwin A, Ballard C, Banerjee S, Barber R, Bentham P, Burns A, Dening T, Findlay D, Griffin M, Holmes C, Jacoby R, Johnson T, Jones R, Jones R, Juszczak E, Katona C, Lindesay J, Macharouthu A, McShane R, O'Brien J, Passmore P, Phillips P, Ritchie C, Sheehan B, Howard R
New England Journal of Medicine 366, 10, 893-903
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Mapping the future of family care: receipt of informal care by older people with disabilities in England to 2032 (2012)
Pickard L, Wittenberg R, Comas Herrera A, King D, Malley J
Social Policy and Society 11, 4, 533-545
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The state of adult social care research: findings from an online survey (2012)
Rehill A, King D, Knapp M
Research, Policy and Planning 29, 2, 115-134
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The Effect of Lengthening Life Expectancy on Future Pension and Long-Term Care Expenditure in England, 2007 to 2032 (2011)
Malley J, Hancock R, Adams J, Wittenberg R, Comas-Herrera A, Curry C, King D, James S, Morciano M, Pickard L
Health Statistics Quarterly 52, 33-61
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Economic outcomes in adulthood and their associations with antisocial conduct, attention deficit and anxiety problems in childhood (2011)
Knapp M, King D, Healey A, Thomas C
Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 14, 3, 122-132
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of aripiprazole vs standard-of-care in the management of community-treated patients with schizophrenia: STAR study (2011)
King D, Knapp M, Thomas P, Razzouk D, Loze J, Kan H-J, van Baardewijk M
Current Medical Research and Opinion 27, 2, 365-374
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Transition pathways for young people with complex disabilities: exploring the economic consequences (2008)
Knapp M, Perkins M, Beecham J, Dhanasiri S, Rustin C, King D
Child: Care, Health and Development 34, 4, 512-520
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Winners and losers: Assessing the distributional effects of long-term care funding regimes (2007)
Hancock R, Juarez-Garcia A, Comas-Herrera A, King D, Malley J, Pickard L, Wittenberg R
Social Policy and Society 6, 3, 379-395
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Care by spouses, care by children: Projections of informal care for older people in England to 2031 (2007)
Pickard L, Wittenberg R, Comas-Herrera A, King D, Malley J
Social Policy and Society 6, 3, 353-366
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Projections of future expenditure on long-term care for older people in England (2006)
Wittenberg R, Malley J, Pickard L, Comas-Herrera A, King D
Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics S8, 49-53
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Patterns of, and factors associated with, atypical and typical antipsychotic prescribing by general practitioners in the UK during the 1990s (2006)
King D, Knapp M
Journal of Mental Health 15, 3, 269-278
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The determinants of private medical insurance prevalence in England, 1997-2000 (2005)
King D, Mossialos E
Health Services Research 40, 1, 195-212
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Economic issues in access to medications: schizophrenia treatment in England (2005)
Knapp M, Kanavos P, King D, Yesudian H
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 28, 5, 514-531
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Non-adherence to antipsychotic medication regimens: associations with resource use and costs (2004)
Knapp M, King D, Pugner K, Lapuerta P
British Journal of Psychiatry 184, 6, 509-516
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Encouraging the use of generic medicines: Implications for transition economies (2002)
King D, Kanavos P
Croatian Medical Journal 43, 4, 462-469
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