John Browne BA (Hons) PhD CPsychol
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My first degree was in psychology, and I hold a PhD from Trinity College Dublin on quality of life assessment with older people. I joined the Health Services Research Unit at LSHTM in 1998.
Affiliation
Research
Health services research
- Quality of care achieved by healthcare providers, particularly with respect to surgical outcomes.
- Comparison of case-mix and outcomes achieved by public versus private healthcare providers.
- Impact of clinical guidelines on care practices and outcomes.
Outcomes research
- Psychometric development of new measures of health-related quality of life.
- Clinimetric development of new measures of surgical morbidity.
- Calibration of outcome tools to improve interpretability.
- Modelling of risk factors associated with outcomes after surgery.
I was Prinicipal Investigator on the 'PROMS II' project, a study of the feasibility of collecting routine Patient Reported Outcome Measures in elective surgery setting. The final report for the project can be found here:
Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in elective surgery: Report to the Department of Health.
Secondary research
- Systematic review and meta-analysis methods
- Development of clinical practice guidelines.
- Use of existing clinical datasets.
Research areas
- Health outcomes
- Health services research
- Health status measurement
- Quality improvement
- Systematic reviews
Disciplines
- Psychology
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Selected publications
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High quality acute care for the severely injured is not consistently available in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Browne, JP; Coats, TJ; Lloyd, DA; Oakley, PA; Pigott, T; Willett, KJ; Yates, DW.;
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England., In Press;
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Role of alpha-blockers in type III prostatitis: A systematic review of the literature
Mishra, V.C.; Browne, J.; Emberton, M.
Journal of Urology, 2007; 177(1):25-30
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The Sino-Nasal Outcome Test (SNOT): Can we make it more clinically meaningful?
Browne, J.P.; Hopkins, C.; Slack, R.; Cano, S.J.
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2007; 136(5):736-741
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The Postoperative Morbidity Survey was validated and used to describe morbidity after major surgery.
Grocott, M.P.; Browne, J.P.; Van der Meulen, J.; Matejowsky, C.; Mutch, M.; Hamilton, M.A.; Levett, D.Z.; Emberton, M.; Haddad, F.S.; Mythen, M.G.;
J Clin Epidemiol, 2007; 60(9):919-28
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Health-Related Quality of Life after Polypectomy with and without Additional Surgery.
Browne, J.P.; Hopkins, C.; Slack, R.; Topham, J.; Reeves, B.; Lund, V.; Brown, P.; Copley, L.; van der Meulen, J.;
Laryngoscope, 2006; 116(2):297-302
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Complications of Surgery for Nasal Polyposis and Chronic Rhinosinusitis: The Results of a National Audit in England and Wales.
Hopkins, C.; Browne, J.P.; Slack, R.; Lund, V.J.; Topham, J.; Reeves, B.C.; Copley, L.P.; Brown, P.; van der Meulen, J.H.;
Laryngoscope, 2006; 116(8):1494-9
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The national comparative audit of surgery for nasal polyposis and chronic rhinosinusitis.
Hopkins, C.; Browne, J.P.; Slack, R.; Lund, V.; Topham, J.; Reeves, B.; Copley, L.; Brown, P.; van der Meulen, J.;
Clin Otolaryngol, 2006; 31(5):390-8
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The Patient Outcomes of Surgery-Hand/Arm (POS-Hand/Arm): a new patient-based outcome measure.
Cano, S.J.; Browne, J.P.; Lamping, D.L.; Roberts, A.H.; McGrouther, D.A.; Black, N.A.;
J Hand Surg [Br] , 2004; 29 (5 ):477-85
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