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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
Journal Articles
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Personal assistants in England and the factors associated with absenteeism (2022)
Daniel Roland, Stephen Allan, Eleni Chambers, Debs Smith, Katerina Gousia
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How local partnerships to improve urgent and emergency care have impacted delayed transfers of care from hospitals in England: an analysis based on a synthetic control estimation method (2022)
Gintare Malisauskaite, Karen Jones, Stephen Allan, Daniel Roland, Yvonne Birks, Kate Baxter, Kate Gridley
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Social care causes of delayed transfer of care (DTOC) from hospital for older people: Unpicking the nuances of ‘provider capacity’ and ‘patient choice’ (2022)
Kate Gridley, Kate Baxter, Yvonne Birks, Louise Newbould, Stephen Allan, Daniel Roland, Gintare Malisauskaite, Karen Jones
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Exploring differences between private and public prices in the English care homes market (2021)
S Allan, K Gousia, J Forder
Health Economics, Policy and Law, 16(2), 138-153
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Incentives and deterrents to the supply of long-term care for the elderly in England: Evidence and experience in two local authorities (2021)
S Allan, R Darton
Social Policy and Society, 1-12
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The influence of home care supply on delayed discharges from hospital in England (2021)
S Allan, D Roland, G Malisauskaite, K Jones, K Baxter, K Gridley, Y Birks
BMC Health Services Research volume 21, Article number 1297
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Care home residents' quality of life and its association with CQC ratings and workforce issues: the MiCareHQ mixed-methods study (2021)
Ann-Marie Towers, Nick Smith, Stephen Allan, Florin Vadean, Grace Collins, Stacey Rand, Jennifer Bostock, Helen Ramsbottom, Julien Forder, Stefania Lanza & Jackie Cassell.
Health Services and Delivery Research Volume
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The Association between Staff Retention and English Care Home Quality (2021)
Allan S, Vadean F
Journal of Aging & Social Policy
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The Effects of Minimum Wage Policy on the Long Term Care Sector in England (2020)
Vadean F, Allan S
British Journal of Industrial Relations
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Encouraging managers of care homes for older adults to participate in research (2019)
Smith N, Towers AM, Collins G, Palmer S, Allan S, Beecham J
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults
Emerald Publishing
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A cross-sectional study exploring the relationship between regulator quality ratings and care home residents’ quality of life in England (2019)
Towers A, Palmer S, Smith N, Collins G, Allan S,
BMC, Springer Nature
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The determinants of care home closure (2015)
Allan S, Forder J
Health Economics 24, S1, 132-145
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The impact of competition on quality and prices in the English care homes market (2014)
Forder J, Allan S
Journal of Health Economics 34, 1, 73-83
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Research Summary
Plain English summary - The economic determinants of home care provider quality (2023)
Stephen Allan, Florin Vadean
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Drivers and barriers to social care supply: Evidence from two local authorities. Executive Summary (2020)
Allan S, Darton R
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Explaining the fees gap between funding types in the English care homes market (2017)
Allan S, Gousia K, Forder J
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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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The effects of minimum wage policy on the long-term care sector (2017)
Vadean F, Allan S
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DP or working paper
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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