Andrew McCarthy

I am a health economist with a focus on economic evaluation of service provision.  

My interests include:

• Evaluation of changes in social care provision
• Implementation of new technologies and new methods of working
• Time series and interrupted time series methodology
• Exploring the use of large, linked data in economic evaluation and the application of causal inference methodologies

• Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
• Robotic and Laparoscopic Gynaecological Surgery: A Prospective Multi-Centre Observational Cohort Study and Economic Evaluation in England., McCarthy, A., Samarakoon, D., Gray, J., McMeekin, P., McCarthy, S., Newton, C., Nobbenhuis, M., Lippiatt, J., Twigg, J. 6 Sep 2023, In: BMJ Open
• Aneurysm growth, survival, and quality of life in untreated thoracic aortic aneurysm: the effective treatments for thoracic aortic aneurysms study, Sharples, L., Sastry, P., Freeman, C., Bicknell, C., Chiu, Y., Vallabhaneni, S., Cook, A., Gray, J., McCarthy, A., McMeekin, P., Vale, L., Large, S. 1 Jul 2022, In: European Heart Journal
• Endovascular stent grafting and open surgical replacement for chronic thoracic aortic aneurysms: a systematic review and prospective cohort study, Sharples, L., Sastry, P., Freeman, C., Gray, J., McCarthy, A., Chiu, Y., Bicknell, C., McMeekin, P., Vallabhaneni, S., Cook, A., Vale, L., Large, S. Jan 2022, In: Health Technology Assessment
• The impact of a digital joint school educational programme on post-operative outcomes following lower limb arthroplasty: a retrospective comparative cohort study, Gray, J., McCarthy, S., Carr, E., Danjoux, G., Hackett, R., McCarthy, A., McMeekin, P., Clark, N., Baker, P. Dec 2022, In: BMC Health Services Research
• Systematic review of endovascular stent grafting versus open surgical repair for the elective treatment of arch/descending thoracic aortic aneurysms, McCarthy, A., Gray, J., Sastry, P., Sharples, L., Vale, L., Cook, A., McMeekin, P., Freeman, C., Catarino, P., Large, S. Mar 2021, In: BMJ Open
• Rapid Evaluation for health and social care innovations: Challenges for “quick wins” using interrupted time series., McCarthy, A., McMeekin, P., Haining, S., Bainbridge, L., Laing, C., Gray, J. 13 Dec 2019, In: BMC Health Services Research

• Health & Social Research MSc August 31 2018
• Economics BSc (Hons) June 30 2015