Staff Profile

Katherine is a health economist based at the School of Dental Sciences. Her interests include oral health economics, maximising societal benefits and preference elicitation. Currently Katherine is working on the RAINDROP study which focuses on incorporating societal preferences into resource allocation.

• Articles

  • Vernazza CR, Carr K, Holmes RD, Wildman J, Gray J, Exley C, Smith RA, Donaldson C. Resource Allocation in a National Dental Service Using Program Budgeting Marginal Analysis. JDR Clinical and Translational Research 2023, 8(1), 56-65.
  • Carr KC, Donaldson C, Wildman J, Smith RA, Vernazza CR. An examination of consistency in the incremental approach to willingness to pay: evidence using societal values for NHS dental services. Medical Decision Making 2021, 41(4), 465-474.
  • Taylor GD, Carr K, Rogers HJ, Vernazza CR. A systematic review of the quality and scope of decision modelling studies in child oral health research. BMC Oral Health 2021, 21, 318.
  • Vernazza CR, Taylor GD, Donaldson C, Gray J, Holmes RD, Carr K, Exley C. How does priority setting for resource allocation happen in commissioning dental services in a nationally-led, regionally-delivered system? A qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with NHS England dental commissioner. BMJ Open 2019, 9, e024995.
  • Vernazza CR, Carr K, Wildman J, Gray J, Holmes RD, Exley C, Smith RA, Donaldson C. Resource allocation in NHS dentistry: Recognition of societal preferences (RAINDROP): Study protocol. BMC Health Services Research 2018, 18(1), 487.

• Review

  • Rice S, Carr K, Sobiesuo P, Shabaninejad H, Orozco-Leal G, Kontogiannis V, Marshall C, Pearson F, Moradi N, O'Connor N, Stoniute A, Richmond C, Craig D, Allegranzi B, Cassini A. Economic evaluations of interventions to prevent and control health-care-associated infections: a systematic review. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2023, 23(7), e228-e239.