I am a health economist within the Health Economics Group. My areas of expertise are systematic review, trial based economic evaluations, economic modelling and preference elicitations. I am also interested in system-level economic evaluation modelling and global health economics.   

Qualifications:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Newcastle University, United Kingdom (2019)

MSc PH (Health Economics & Financial Management), Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland (2008)

Master of Public Health (MPH), University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (2007)

Bachelors in Public Health (BPH), Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Nepal (2004)

Previous Positions: 

Health Foundation Doctoral Research Fellow/ Research Assistant, Health Economics Group, Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University, UK (March 2014-February 2019)

Research Assistant, Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment (HEHTA) Team, University of Glasgow, UK (September 2013-February 2014)

Research Associate, Division of Health and Social Care Research, King’s College London, UK (April 2010-September 2013)

Research Officer, Public Health Network Office, NHS Cambridgeshire, UK (January 2009-April 2010)

Research Interests:

Economic evaluations of public health interventions and health services reconfigurations; health outcome valuation; the use of discrete choice experiments/contingent valuation methods.

Some of the research projects I am currently involved in are:

MSc Public Health and Health Services Research, Health Economics Module Lecturer

I am happy to co-supervise PhD students in the area of health economics.

• Bhattarai N, Price CI, McMeekin P, Javanbakht M, Vale L, Ford GA, Shaw L. Cost-effectiveness of an enhanced Paramedic Acute Stroke Treatment Assessment (PASTA) during emergency stroke care: economic results from a pragmatic cluster randomised trial . International Journal of Stroke 2021, ePub ahead of print.
• Brocklehurst P, Hoare Z, Woods C, Williams L, Brand A, Shen J, Breckons M, Ashley J, Jenkins A, Gough L, Preshaw P, Burton C, Shepherd K, Bhattarai N. Dental therapists compared with general dental practitioners for undertaking check-ups in low-risk patients: pilot RCT with realist evaluation. Health Services and Delivery Research 2021, 9(3).
• Shaw L, Bhattarai N, Cant R, Drummond A, Ford GA, Forster A, Francis R, Hills K, Howel D, Lavery AM, McKevitt C, Price C, Stamp E, Stevens E, Vale L, Rodgers H. An extended stroke rehabilitation service for people who have had a stroke: the EXTRAS RCT. Health Technology Assessment 2020, 24(24).
• Shaw L, Bhattarai N, Cant R, Drummond A, Ford GA, Forster A, Francis R, Hills K, Howel D, Laverty AM, McKevitt C, McMeekin P, Price C, Stamp E, Stevens E, Vale L, Rodgers H. An extended stroke rehabilitation service for people who have had a stroke: the EXTRAS RCT. Health Technology Assessment 2020, 24(24), 1-202.
• Flynn D, Moloney E, Bhattarai N, Scott J, Breckons M, Avery L, Moy N. COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Health Policy and Technology 2020, 9(4), 673-691.
• Robinson L, Poole M, McLellan E, Lee R, Amador S, Bhattarai N, Bryant A, Coe D, Corbett A, Exley C, Goodman C, Gotts Z, Harrison-Dening K, Hill S, Howel D, Hrisos S, Hughes J, Kernohan A, Macdonald A, Mason H, Massey C, Neves S, Paes P, Rennie K, Rice S, Robinson T, Sampson E, Tucker S, Tzelis D, Vale L, Bamford C. Supporting good quality, community-based end-of-life care for people living with dementia: the SEED research programme including feasibility RCT. National Institute for Health Research, 2020. 8.
• Bhattarai N, Mason H, Kernohan A, Poole M, Bamford C, Robinson L, Vale L. The value of dementia care towards the end of life: A contingent valuation study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2020, 35(5), 489-497.
• Rodgers H, Howel D, Bhattarai N, Cant R, Drummond A, Ford GA, Forster A, Francis R, Hills K, Laverty A-M, McKevitt C, McMeekin P, Price CIM, Stamp E, Stevens E, Vale L, Shaw L. Evaluation of an Extended Stroke Rehabilitation Service (EXTRAS): A Randomized Controlled Trial and Economic Analysis. Stroke 2019, 50(12), 3561-3568.
• Bhattarai N, McMeekin P, Price CI, Vale L. Preferences for centralised emergency medical services: Discrete choice experiment. BMJ Open 2019, 9(11), e030966.
• Bhattarai N, McMeekin P, Price C, Vale L. Economic evaluations on centralisation of specialised healthcare services: a systematic review of methods. BMJ Open 2016, 6(5), e011214.
• Gulliford MC, Bhattarai N, Charlton J, Rudisill C. Cost-effectiveness of a universal strategy of brief dietary intervention for primary prevention in primary care: population-based cohort study and Markov model. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2014, 12(4).
• Gulliford MC, Charlton J, Bhattarai N, Charlton C, Rudisill C. Impact and cost-effectiveness of a universal strategy to promote physical activity in primary care: population-based Cohort study and Markov model. The European Journal of Health Economics 2014, 15(4), 341-351.
• Gulliford M, Charlton J, Bhattarai N, Rudisill C. Social and material deprivation and the cost-effectiveness of an intervention to promote physical activity: cohort study and Markov model. Journal of Public Health 2014, 36(4), 674-683.
• Bhattarai N, Prevost AT, Wright AJ, Charlton J, Rudisill C, Gulliford MC. Effectiveness of interventions to promote healthy diet in primary care: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMC Public Health 2013, 13, 1203.
• Charlton J, Rudisill C, Bhattarai N, Gulliford M. Impact of deprivation on occurrence, outcomes and health care costs of people with multiple morbidity. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 2013, 18(4), 215-23.
• Bhattarai N, Charlton J, Rudisill C, Gulliford MC. Prevalence of depression and utilization of health care in single and multiple morbidity: a population-based cohort study. Psychological Medicine. Psychological Medicine 2013, 43(7), 1423-31.
• Bhattarai N, Charlton J, Rudisill C, Gulliford MC. Coding, Recording and Incidence of Different Forms of Coronary Heart Disease in Primary Care. PLoS ONE 2012, 7(1), e29776.