Prof Alex Bottle

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1. 
   Examining inequities in the use of Continuous Glucose Monitors Among People (Preprint)

   Article • May 2026, JMIR Publications Inc.

   Prof Alex Bottle

2. 
   Multimorbidity, health service use, and health insurance by socioeconomic groups in 31 countries: A multi-cohort study

   Article • PLoS Medicine, May 2026, PLOS

   Prof Alex Bottle

3. 
   Estimating post-operative complication rates in patients with primary brain tumours from routine administrative data: A national cohort study

   Article • PLOS One, February 2026, PLOS

   Prof Alex Bottle

4. 
   TabuLLM: Feature Extraction and Interpretation of Text Columns in Tabular Data Using Large Language Models

   Article • January 2026, Elsevier

   Prof Alex Bottle

5. 
   Time to diagnosis and long-term outcomes for adults presenting with breathlessness

   Article • Thorax, November 2025, BMJ

   Prof Alex Bottle

6. 
   Unsupervised machine learning models reveal two distinct post-operative physical activity profiles among joint arthroplasty patients: a United Kingdom biobank cohort study

   Article • Arthroplasty, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

   Prof Alex Bottle

7. 
   Predictors of short-term outcomes after postoperative periprosthetic femoral fracture

   Article • Bone & Joint Open, November 2025, Bone & Joint

   Prof Alex Bottle

8. 
   Towards goal-directed perfusion - Part II: Temperature dependence of Q 10 , oxygen-demand dependence on age and weight, further clinical insights

   Article • Perfusion, October 2025, SAGE Publications

   Prof Alex Bottle, Dr Richard W Issitt

9. 
   Indicators of inequity in research and funding for sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis and haemophilia: a descriptive comparative study

   Article • The Lancet Haematology, October 2025, Elsevier

   Prof Alex Bottle

10. 
    Antibiotic prescribing trends for respiratory infections in children <16 years in England; 2016-2023

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, October 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Alex Bottle

11. 
    Towards goal-directed perfusion – Part I: Developing physiology-inspired mathematical framework using high-resolution paediatric CPB data

    Article • Perfusion, September 2025, SAGE Publications

    Dr Richard W Issitt, Prof Alex Bottle

12. 
    Between-hospital variability in the management and outcomes of postoperative periprosthetic femoral fractures

    Article • Bone & Joint Open, September 2025, Bone & Joint

    Prof Alex Bottle

13. 
    Between-practice variation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis guideline compliance: database study

    Article • BJGP Open, August 2025, Royal College of General Practitioners

    Prof Alex Bottle

14. 
    21 The burden of surgical site infection following colorectal surgery in England: a population-based analysis using linked hospital and primary care data sets

    Article • BJS, August 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Alex Bottle

15. 
    Pain and Sedative Medication Use Among Individuals With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Nationwide Population‐Based Cohort Study

    Article • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, July 2025, Wiley

    Prof Alex Bottle

16. 
    Breathlessness intensity recorded in general practice is associated with shorter times to unplanned hospital admissions and longer lengths of stay: a UK cohort study

    Article • BMJ Open Respiratory Research, July 2025, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

17. 
    Patterns of online consultation use in Great Britain, 2019–2023: an observational analysis

    Article • BMJ Digital Health & AI, July 2025, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

18. 
    Non-adherence to medications prescribed to patients with heart failure in general practice: prevalence, risk factors and association with mortality and hospitalisation

    Article • Open Heart, July 2025, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

19. 
    GenAI exceeds clinical experts in predicting acute kidney injury following paediatric cardiopulmonary bypass

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard W Issitt, Prof Alex Bottle

20. 
    Description of probiotic use in preterm infants in England and Wales 2016–2022

    Article • BMJ Paediatrics Open, July 2025, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

21. 
    Deep learning classification models demonstrate high accuracy and clinical potential in radiograph interpretation in the arthroplasty clinical pathway: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

    Article • Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics, July 2025, Wiley

    Prof Alex Bottle

22. 
    Critical components of ‘Early Intervention in Psychosis’: national retrospective cohort study

    Article • The British Journal of Psychiatry, June 2025, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Prof Alex Bottle

23. 
    Outcomes of patellofemoral joint arthroplasty compared with total knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis

    Article • The Bone & Joint Journal, May 2025, Bone & Joint

    Prof Alex Bottle

24. 
    Association Between Surgeon Volume and Patient Outcomes After Elective Patellofemoral Arthroplasty

    Article • Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, February 2025, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof Alex Bottle

25. 
    Is geographical variation in emergency epilepsy admissions related to variation in new epilepsy diagnoses among children and young people across England? An observational study using linked datasets

    Article • BMJ Open, February 2025, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

26. 
    Post-operative periprosthetic femoral fractures in England: Patient profiles and short-term outcomes

    Article • Injury, February 2025, Elsevier

    Prof Alex Bottle

27. 
    P1278 The use of pain and sedative medications among individuals with a diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    Article • Journal of Crohn s and Colitis, January 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Alex Bottle

28. 
    Improving the Safety and Quality of Healthcare Using Statistical Analysis of Routinely Collected Data

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Alex Bottle

29. 
    GP consultations for respiratory tract infections in children aged <5 years: a retrospective cohort study 2016–2023

    Article • British Journal of General Practice, December 2024, Royal College of General Practitioners

    Prof Alex Bottle

30. 
    Bayesian Optimization for Clinical Pathway Decomposition From Aggregate Data

    Article • December 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof Alex Bottle

31. 
    The Impact of COVID-19 on Acute Surgeries in England Among the Under-25s: A Retrospective Study of 61,360 Appendicitis and 15,850 Testicular Torsion Admissions

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Surgery, December 2024, Elsevier

    Prof Alex Bottle

32. 
    Can ChatGPT make surgical decisions with confidence similar to experienced knee surgeons?

    Article • The Knee, December 2024, Elsevier

    Prof Alex Bottle

33. 
    How have respiratory tract infections changed in the post-covid era for children under 5 years?

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, October 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Alex Bottle

34. 
    What happens between first symptoms and first acute exacerbation of COPD – observational study of routine data and patient survey

    Article • Health and Social Care Delivery Research, October 2024, National Institute for Health Research

    Prof Alex Bottle

35. 
    Has multimorbidity and frailty in adult hospital admissions changed over the last 15 years? A retrospective study of 107 million admissions in England

    Article • BMC Medicine, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Alex Bottle

36. 
    Incidence of rectal cancer after colectomy for inflammatory bowel disease: nationwide study

    Article • BJS Open, September 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Alex Bottle

37. 
    GenAI Exceeds Clinical Experts in Predicting Acute Kidney Injury following Paediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass2

    Article • May 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof Alex Bottle, Dr Richard W Issitt

38. 
    The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on 397 631 elective dental admissions among the under-25s in England: a retrospective study

    Article • Journal of Public Health, May 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Alex Bottle

39. 
    Associations between prior healthcare use, time to diagnosis, and clinical outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease: a nationally representative population-based cohort study

    Article • BMJ Open Gastroenterology, May 2024, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

40. 
    Exploration of understanding of impactibility analysis and application through workshops to inform model design for population health management policy: a qualitative assessment

    Article • BMJ Open, May 2024, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

41. 
    Modifiable risk factors that may be addressed in routine care to prevent progression to and extension of multimorbidity in people with COPD: a systematic literature review

    Article • BMJ Open Respiratory Research, April 2024, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

42. 
    Variation in quality of care between hospitals: how to identify learning opportunities

    Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, March 2024, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

43. 
    Correction: Changes in heart failure management and long-term mortality over 10 years: observational study

    Article • Open Heart, March 2024, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

44. 
    Time to diagnosis and long-term outcomes for adults presenting with breathlessness

    Article • February 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof Alex Bottle

45. 
    Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the clinical management trends for acute appendicitis among the under-25s: a retrospective study

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, February 2024, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

46. 
    Evaluation of emergency hospital admissions for inflammatory bowel disease as a possible marker of quality of care of British IBD inflammatory bowel disease units

    Article • Frontline Gastroenterology, January 2024, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

47. 
    Clinical Pathway Clustering Using Surrogate Likelihoods and Replayability Validation

    Article • December 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof Alex Bottle

48. 
    Predictors of positive outcomes from ‘Early Intervention in Psychosis’: protocol for a national retrospective cohort study

    Article • Frontiers in Psychiatry, November 2023, Frontiers

    Prof Alex Bottle

49. 
    Survey-identified experiences of prediagnosis and diagnosis process among patients with COPD, asthma, interstitial lung disease and bronchiectasis

    Article • BMJ Open Respiratory Research, November 2023, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

50. 
    Impact of the covid-19 pandemic on GP contacts for respiratory infections in children under 5 years

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, October 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Alex Bottle

51. 
    Pediatric Hospitalizations and ICU Admissions Due to COVID-19 and Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally Associated With SARS-CoV-2 in England

    Article • JAMA Pediatrics, September 2023, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Prof Alex Bottle

52. 
    Predictors of positive patient-reported outcomes from ‘Early Intervention in Psychosis’: a national cross-sectional study

    Article • BMJ Mental Health, August 2023, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

53. 
    Adherence to 5-aminosalicylic acid maintenance treatment in young people with ulcerative colitis: a retrospective cohort study in primary care

    Article • British Journal of General Practice, June 2023, Royal College of General Practitioners

    Prof Alex Bottle

54. 
    Letter: delays to diagnosis of IBD—Challenges requiring a systematic approach. Authors’ reply

    Article • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, May 2023, Wiley

    Prof Alex Bottle

55. 
    Letter: diagnostic delay in inflammatory bowel disease—Authors' reply

    Article • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, April 2023, Wiley

    Prof Alex Bottle

56. 
    Multistate transition modelling of e-cigarette use and cigarette smoking among youth in the UK

    Article • Tobacco Control, March 2023, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

57. 
    Twenty-year trajectories of cardio-metabolic factors among people with type 2 diabetes by dementia status in England: a retrospective cohort study

    Article • European Journal of Epidemiology, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Alex Bottle

58. 
    Systematic review with meta‐analysis: Time to diagnosis and the impact of delayed diagnosis on clinical outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease

    Article • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, January 2023, Wiley

    Prof Alex Bottle

59. 
    Hip fracture in the COVID-19 era: what can we say about care and patient outcomes?

    Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, December 2022, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

60. 
    Risk prediction of mortality for patients with heart failure in England: observational study in primary care

    Article • ESC Heart Failure, November 2022, Wiley

    Prof Alex Bottle

61. 
    P182 Describing long-term outcomes and the association with both receiving a diagnosis and time to diagnosis in adults presenting with breathlessness: a UK retrospective study using electronic healthcare records

    Article • November 2022, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

62. 
    How did the covid-19 pandemic affect lower respiratory tract infections in young children in England?

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, October 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Alex Bottle

63. 
    Impact of COVID-19 on outpatient appointments in children and young people in England: an observational study

    Article • BMJ Open, August 2022, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

64. 
    OP02 Comparison of sex-specific historical cardiometabolic trajectories in T2D patients by dementia status in England

    Article • August 2022, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

65. 
    Factors associated with, and variations in, COVID-19 hospital death rates in England’s first two waves: observational study

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2022, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

66. 
    P29 Impact of time to diagnosis on inflammatory bowel disease outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • June 2022, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

67. 
    Impact of COVID-19 on primary care contacts with children and young people in England: longitudinal trends study 2015–2020

    Article • British Journal of General Practice, April 2022, Royal College of General Practitioners

    Prof Alex Bottle

68. 
    IDF21-0206 Historical cardiometabolic trajectories in T2D patients by dementia status in England by sex, ethnicity, and deprivation

    Article • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, April 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Alex Bottle

69. 
    Stoma Formation in Crohn’s Disease and the Likelihood of Antidepressant Use: A Population-Based Cohort Study

    Article • Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, April 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Alex Bottle

70. 
    Antidepressant medication use in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: a nationally representative population‐based study

    Article • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, March 2022, Wiley

    Prof Alex Bottle

71. 
    Changes in heart failure management and long-term mortality over 10 years: observational study

    Article • Open Heart, March 2022, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

72. 
    The use of, and outcomes for, inflammatory bowel disease services during the Covid‐19 pandemic: a nationwide observational study

    Article • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, February 2022, Wiley

    Prof Alex Bottle

73. 
    Bridging the impactibility gap in population health management: a systematic review

    Article • BMJ Open, December 2021, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

74. 
    Socioeconomic deprivation and ethnicity inequalities in disruption to NHS hospital admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national observational study

    Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, November 2021, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

75. 
    HMO-2 Adherence and discontinuation of oral 5-Aminosalicylic acid amongst adolescents and young adults with ulcerative colitis

    Article • November 2021, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

76. 
    PMO-6 Impact of consultation frequency and time to diagnosis on subsequent Inflammatory Bowel Disease outcomes

    Article • November 2021, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

77. 
    Outsourcing care to the private sector: some reassuring evidence on patient outcomes

    Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, October 2021, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

78. 
    Stability over time of the “hospital effect” on 30-day unplanned readmissions: Evidence from administrative data

    Article • Health Policy, October 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Alex Bottle

79. 
    Competing risks in quality and safety research: a framework to guide choice of analysis and improve reporting

    Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, September 2021, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

80. 
    OP26 19-year trajectories of cardio-metabolic factors among patients with type 2 diabetes by dementia status in England

    Article • September 2021, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

81. 
    Social and ethnic group differences in healthcare use by children aged 0–14 years: a population-based cohort study in England from 2007 to 2017

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, July 2021, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

82. 
    Patient-level and hospital-level variation and related time trends in COVID-19 case fatality rates during the first pandemic wave in England: multilevel modelling analysis of routine data

    Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, July 2021, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

83. 
    Assessing the impact of a shadowing programme on in-hospital mortality following trainee doctors’ changeover

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Alex Bottle

84. 
    Online application for self-referral of the patients with breast symptoms

    Article • Annals of Medicine and Surgery, June 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof Alex Bottle

85. 
    Association between antidepressant medication use and steroid dependency in patients with ulcerative colitis: a population-based study

    Article • BMJ Open Gastroenterology, May 2021, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

86. 
    Five-year outcomes following left ventricular assist device implantation in England

    Article • Open Heart, May 2021, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

87. 
    Five-Year Survival and Use of Hospital Services Following ICD and CRT Implantation: Comparing Real-World Data with RCTs

    Article • ESC Heart Failure, May 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Alex Bottle

88. 
    P166 Impact of consultation frequency and time to diagnosis on subsequent Inflammatory Bowel Disease outcomes

    Article • Journal of Crohn s and Colitis, May 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Alex Bottle

89. 
    Relationship between heart failure and the risk of acute exacerbation of COPD

    Article • Thorax, April 2021, BMJ

    Miss Eleanor L Axson, Prof Alex Bottle

90. 
    The Role of Individual and Neighborhood Factors on Racial Disparity in Respiratory Outcomes. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, April 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Alex Bottle

91. 
    CCopeY: A Mixed-Methods Coproduced Study on the Mental Health Status and Coping Strategies of Young People During COVID-19 UK Lockdown

    Article • Journal of Adolescent Health, April 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Alex Bottle

92. 
    Effect of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on mortality related to high-risk emergency and major elective surgery

    Article • BJS, March 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Alex Bottle

93. 
    COPD: still an unpredictable journey

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, March 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Prof Alex Bottle

94. 
    Factors associated with potentially missed acute deterioration in primary care: cohort study of UK general practices

    Article • British Journal of General Practice, February 2021, Royal College of General Practitioners

    Prof Alex Bottle

95. 
    Timing of Readmissions After Elective Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: Does a 30-Day All-Cause Rate Capture Surgically Relevant Readmissions?

    Article • The Journal of Arthroplasty, February 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Alex Bottle

96. 
    The J-IDEA Pandemic Planner

    Article • Medical Care, January 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof Alex Bottle

97. 
    P114 Changing patterns of antidepressant medication use amongst inflammatory bowel disease patients: a UK population-based study

    Article • January 2021, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

98. 
    Periprosthetic fractures: the next fragility fracture epidemic? A national observational study

    Article • BMJ Open, December 2020, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

99. 
    Characteristics of frequent paediatric users of emergency departments in England: an observational study using routine national data

    Article • Emergency Medicine Journal, November 2020, BMJ

    Prof Alex Bottle

100. 
     Depression in individuals who subsequently develop inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based nested case–control study

     Article • Gut, October 2020, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

101. 
     A Protocol is not Enough: Enhanced Recovery Program‐Based Care and Clinician Adherence Associated with Shorter Stay After Colorectal Surgery

     Article • Extremophiles, October 2020, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

102. 
     Adapting hospital capacity to meet changing demands during the COVID-19 pandemic

     Article • BMC Medicine, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

103. 
     Stage at Diagnosis and Survival of Colorectal Cancer With or Without Underlying Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Population-based Study

     Article • Journal of Crohn s and Colitis, September 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

104. 
     Impact of a pay-for-performance scheme for long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) advice on contraceptive uptake and abortion in British primary care: An interrupted time series study

     Article • PLoS Medicine, September 2020, PLOS

     Prof Alex Bottle

105. 
     Impact of financial incentives for primary care to give long acting reversible contraceptive advice

     Article • European Journal of Public Health, September 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

106. 
     Prevalence and Duration of Gastrointestinal Symptoms Before Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Predictors of Timely Specialist Review: A Population-Based Study

     Article • Journal of Crohn s and Colitis, July 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

107. 
     Health service use by patients with heart failure living in a community setting: a cross-sectional analysis in North West London

     Article • British Journal of General Practice, June 2020, Royal College of General Practitioners

     Prof Alex Bottle

108. 
     Delays in referral from primary care worsen survival for patients with colorectal cancer: a retrospective cohort study

     Article • British Journal of General Practice, June 2020, Royal College of General Practitioners

     Prof Alex Bottle

109. 
     Trends in healthcare use in children aged less than 15 years: a population-based cohort study in England from 2007 to 2017

     Article • BMJ Open, May 2020, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

110. 
     Colorectal tumour characteristics and oncological outcome in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

     Article • Surgical Practice, May 2020, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

111. 
     How an electronic health record became a real-world research resource: comparison between London’s Whole Systems Integrated Care database and the Clinical Practice Research Datalink

     Article • BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

112. 
     Frequent attendances at emergency departments in England

     Article • Emergency Medicine Journal, April 2020, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

113. 
     Temporal Trends in the Incidence of Heart Failure among Patients with COPD and Its Association with Mortality

     Article • Annals of the American Thoracic Society, April 2020, American Thoracic Society

     Miss Eleanor L Axson, Prof Alex Bottle

114. 
     Understanding patient flow is necessary to determine hospital level outcomes

     Article • BMJ, March 2020, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

115. 
     Survival and CT defined sarcopenia in patients with intestinal failure on home parenteral support

     Article • Clinical Nutrition, March 2020, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

116. 
     Hospitalisation and mortality in patients with comorbid COPD and heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

     Article • February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

     Miss Eleanor L Axson, Prof Alex Bottle

117. 
     Venous thromboembolism rates after hip and knee arthroplasty and hip fractures

     Article • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

118. 
     Outcomes of Primary versus Multiple-Staged Repair in Hirschsprung's Disease in England

     Article • European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, January 2020, Thieme Publishing Group

     Prof Alex Bottle

119. 
     CCopeY: A Mixed-Methods Co-Produced Study on the Mental Health Status and Coping Strategies of Young People During COVID-19 Lockdown in the UK

     Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2020, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

120. 
     Protocol for developing a core outcome set for evaluating school-based physical activity interventions in primary schools

     Article • BMJ Open, December 2019, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

121. 
     Digital phenotyping for assessment and prediction of mental health outcomes: a scoping review protocol

     Article • BMJ Open, December 2019, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

122. 
     T2 Effect of incident heart failure on short- and long-term mortality of COPD patients

     Article • November 2019, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

123. 
     What is the relationship between mortality alerts and other indicators of quality of care? A national cross-sectional study

     Article • Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, September 2019, SAGE Publications

     Prof Alex Bottle

124. 
     Route to heart failure diagnosis in English primary care: a retrospective cohort study of variation

     Article • British Journal of General Practice, August 2019, Royal College of General Practitioners

     Prof Alex Bottle

125. 
     Letter in Reference to “Defining a ‘Frequent Admitter’ Phenotype Among Patients with Repeat Heart Failure Admissions”

     Article • European Journal of Heart Failure, August 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

126. 
     The impact of smoking and smoking cessation on disease outcomes in ulcerative colitis: a nationwide population‐based study

     Article • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, August 2019, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

127. 
     Colorectal cancer patients under the age of 50 experience delays in primary care leading to emergency diagnoses: a population‐based study

     Article • Colorectal Disease, August 2019, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

128. 
     Digital Health Sensing for Personalized Dermatology

     Article • Sensors, August 2019, MDPI AG

     Prof Alex Bottle

129. 
     The Validity of All-Cause 30-Day Readmission Rate as a Hospital Performance Metric After Primary Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review

     Article • The Journal of Arthroplasty, August 2019, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

130. 
     Unscheduled hospital contacts after inpatient discharge: A national observational study of COPD and heart failure patients in England

     Article • PLOS One, June 2019, PLOS

     Prof Alex Bottle

131. 
     Dr Foster global frailty score: an international retrospective observational study developing and validating a risk prediction model for hospitalised older persons from administrative data sets

     Article • BMJ Open, June 2019, BMJ

     John Soong, Prof Alex Bottle

132. 
     ATH-07 Pre-morbid depression amongst individuals subsequently developing Inflammatory Bowel Disease: a potential co-factor mediating disease onset?

     Article • June 2019, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

133. 
     Trying out Patient Reported Outcome Measures in pain clinics

     Article • European Journal of Pain, April 2019, Wiley

     Cathy Price, Prof Alex Bottle

134. 
     Risk factors for early revision after total hip and knee arthroplasty: National observational study from a surgeon and population perspective

     Article • PLOS One, April 2019, PLOS

     Prof Alex Bottle

135. 
     Regional variations in trajectories of long-term readmission rates among patients in England with heart failure

     Article • BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

136. 
     Preschool respiratory hospital admissions following infant bronchiolitis: a birth cohort study

     Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, March 2019, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

137. 
     Delays in referral from primary care are associated with a worse survival in patients with esophagogastric cancer

     Article • Diseases of the Esophagus, March 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

138. 
     Predictors of 30-Day Readmission After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Analysis of 566,323 Procedures in the United Kingdom

     Article • The Journal of Arthroplasty, February 2019, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

139. 
     One‐year outcomes for congenital diaphragmatic hernia

     Article • BJS Open, January 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

140. 
     American Heart Association’s Cholesterol CarePlan as a Smartphone-Delivered Web App for Patients Prescribed Cholesterol-Lowering Medication: Protocol for an Observational Feasibility Study

     Article • JMIR Research Protocols, January 2019, JMIR Publications Inc.

     Prof Alex Bottle

141. 
     Frailty and co-morbidity predict first hospitalisation after heart failure diagnosis in primary care: population-based observational study in England

     Article • Age and Ageing, January 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

142. 
     Should Emergency Department Attendances be Used With or Instead of Readmission Rates as a Performance Metric?

     Article • Medical Care, January 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

143. 
     The National Pain Audit for specialist pain services in England and Wales 2010–2014

     Article • British Journal of Pain, December 2018, SAGE Publications

     Cathy Price, Prof Alex Bottle

144. 
     Adherence to guidelines in management of symptoms suggestive of heart failure in primary care

     Article • Heart, December 2018, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

145. 
     Comparison of cancer diagnosis recording between the Clinical Practice Research Datalink, Cancer Registry and Hospital Episodes Statistics

     Article • Cancer Epidemiology, December 2018, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

146. 
     The weekend effect: does hospital mortality differ by day of the week? A systematic review and meta-analysis

     Article • BMC Health Services Research, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

147. 
     P67 Temporal trends in heart failure incidence among patients with COPD and all-cause mortality of patients with comorbid COPD and heart failure in UK primary care, 2006–2016

     Article • November 2018, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

148. 
     Real-world presentation with heart failure in primary care: do patients selected to follow diagnostic and management guidelines have better outcomes?

     Article • Open Heart, November 2018, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

149. 
     Sustained Socioeconomic Inequalities in Hospital Admissions for Cardiovascular Events Among People with Diabetes in England

     Article • The American Journal of Medicine, November 2018, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

150. 
     Trajectory Modelling to Assess Trends in Long-Term Readmission Rate among Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Patients

     Article • Surgery Research and Practice, October 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

     Prof Alex Bottle

151. 
     National hospital mortality surveillance system: a descriptive analysis

     Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, October 2018, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

152. 
     Impact of preventive primary care on children’s unplanned hospital admissions: a population-based birth cohort study of UK children 2000–2013

     Article • BMC Medicine, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

153. 
     ISQUA18-1944National Clinical Guidelines for Diagnosing Heart Failure in Primary Care: How Often are they Followed and for which Patients?

     Article • International Journal for Quality in Health Care, September 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

154. 
     How do we interpret readmission rates?

     Article • BMJ, July 2018, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

155. 
     Common Sequences of Emergency Readmissions among High-Impact Users following AAA Repair

     Article • Surgery Research and Practice, July 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

     Prof Alex Bottle

156. 
     Comparison of 3 Types of Readmission Rates for Measuring Hospital and Surgeon Performance After Primary Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

     Article • The Journal of Arthroplasty, July 2018, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

157. 
     Factors associated with hospital emergency readmission and mortality rates in patients with heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a national observational study

     Article • Health Services and Delivery Research, July 2018, National Institute for Health Research

     Prof Alex Bottle

158. 
     A strategy for estimating the effect of heart failure on health of COPD patients

     Article • BMJ Open, June 2018, BMJ

     Miss Eleanor L Axson, Prof Alex Bottle

159. 
     OWE-020 Survival and CT defined sarcopenia in patients with intestinal failure on HPN

     Article • June 2018, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

160. 
     Investigating the association of alerts from a national mortality surveillance system with subsequent hospital mortality in England: an interrupted time series analysis

     Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, May 2018, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

161. 
     Long-term trends of use of health service among heart failure patients

     Article • European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, April 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

162. 
     Evaluation of hospital outcomes: the relation between length-of-stay, readmission, and mortality in a large international administrative database

     Article • BMC Health Services Research, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

163. 
     American Heart Association’s Cholesterol CarePlan as a Smartphone-Delivered Web App for Patients Prescribed Cholesterol-Lowering Medication: Protocol for an Observational Feasibility Study (Preprint)

     Article • February 2018, JMIR Publications Inc.

     Prof Alex Bottle

164. 
     Evaluation of a national surveillance system for mortality alerts: a mixed-methods study

     Article • Health Services and Delivery Research, February 2018, National Institute for Health Research

     Prof Alex Bottle

165. 
     Retrospective analysis of the national impact of industrial action by English junior doctors in 2016

     Article • BMJ Open, January 2018, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

166. 
     Errors in Introduction, Methods, and Discussion Sections

     Article • JAMA Surgery, December 2017, American Medical Association (AMA)

     Prof Alex Bottle

167. 
     Reorganisation of stroke care and impact on mortality in patients admitted during weekends: a national descriptive study based on administrative data

     Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, October 2017, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

168. 
     Secondary analysis of hospital patient experience scores across England’s National Health Service – How much has improved since 2005?

     Article • PLOS One, October 2017, PLOS

     Prof Alex Bottle

169. 
     How and where do patients get their diagnosis of heart failure in England?

     Article • Heart, October 2017, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

170. 
     What patient factors predict emergency hospital readmission after hip replacement?

     Article • JAMA Surgery, October 2017, American Medical Association (AMA)

     Prof Alex Bottle

171. 
     Nation-wide trends in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in patients with and without diabetes between 2004–05 and 2014–15 in England

     Article • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, October 2017, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

172. 
     ISQUA17-1421COMPARISON OF HOSPITALISATION AND MORTALITY FOR PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE IN ENGLAND AND LOMBARDY REGION (NORTHERN ITALY)

     Article • International Journal for Quality in Health Care, September 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

173. 
     ISQUA17-1767ARE MORTALITY ALERTS ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER INDICATORS OF HOSPITAL QUALITY IN ENGLAND? A NATIONAL CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

     Article • International Journal for Quality in Health Care, September 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

174. 
     Did the accuracy of oral amoxicillin dosing of children improve after British National Formulary dose revisions in 2014? National cross-sectional survey in England

     Article • BMJ Open, September 2017, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

175. 
     ISQUA17-3279HOW MANY HOSPITAL WEBSITES PROVIDE INFORMATION TO ATTRACT PATIENTS TO ATTEND CARDIAC/PULMONARY REHABILITATION ACROSS ENGLAND?

     Article • International Journal for Quality in Health Care, September 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

176. 
     Gender differences in hospital admissions for major cardiovascular events and procedures in people with and without diabetes in England: a nationwide study 2004–2014

     Article • Cardiovascular Diabetology, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

177. 
     53 rd EASD Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes

     Article • Diabetologia, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

178. 
     The Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Following Nonobstetric Surgery During Pregnancy

     Article • Annals of Surgery, August 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

179. 
     Does early return to theatre add value to rates of revision at 3 years in assessing surgeon performance for elective hip and knee arthroplasty? National observational study

     Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, August 2017, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

180. 
     Regional variation in hospitalisation and mortality in heart failure: comparison of England and Lombardy using multistate modelling

     Article • Health Care Management Science, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

181. 
     Continuous monitoring and feedback of quality of recovery indicators for anaesthetists: a qualitative investigation of reported effects on professional behaviour

     Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, July 2017, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

182. 
     A retrospective cohort study of high-impact users among patients with cerebrovascular conditions

     Article • BMJ Open, June 2017, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

183. 
     5 The relation between length of stay, a&e attendance and readmission for heart failure patients

     Article • Heart, June 2017, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

184. 
     Who requires emergency surgery for colorectal cancer and can national screening programmes reduce this need?

     Article • International Journal of Surgery, June 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

185. 
     Investigating Adverse Event Free Admissions in Medicare Inpatients as a Patient Safety Indicator

     Article • Annals of Surgery, May 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

186. 
     The relationship between ethnicity, social deprivation and late presentation of colorectal cancer

     Article • Cancer Epidemiology, April 2017, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

187. 
     Unwarranted Variation in the Quality of Care for Patients With Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta

     Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, March 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

188. 
     Basic and clinical science posters: new insulins, technology, therapies and treatment

     Article • Diabetic Medicine, March 2017, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

189. 
     The psychological impact of symptoms related to esophagogastric cancer resection presenting in primary care: A national linked database study

     Article • European Journal of Surgical Oncology, February 2017, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

190. 
     Linked hospital and primary care database analysis of the impact of short-term complications on recurrence in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair

     Article • Hernia, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

191. 
     Main reasons for readmissions over time among stroke patients

     Article • Stroke Research and Treatment, January 2017, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

     Prof Alex Bottle

192. 
     Alex Bottle, Paul Aylin: Statistical methods for healthcare performance monitoring

     Article • Statistical Papers, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

193. 
     ISQUA16-2316IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EARLY UNPLANNED RETURN TO THEATRE AND THREE-YEAR REVISION RATES FOR ELECTIVE HIP AND KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY?

     Article • International Journal for Quality in Health Care, October 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

194. 
     ISQUA16-2703THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN WEEKEND/WEEKDAY IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY AND CENTRALISATION OF STROKE SERVICES

     Article • International Journal for Quality in Health Care, October 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

195. 
     Estimating the risk of adverse birth outcomes in pregnant women undergoing non-obstetric surgery using routinely collected NHS data: an observational study

     Article • Health Services and Delivery Research, October 2016, National Institute for Health Research

     Prof Alex Bottle

196. 
     Does laminar flow ventilation reduce the rate of infection?: an observational study of trauma in England

     Article • The Bone & Joint Journal, September 2016, Bone & Joint

     Prof Alex Bottle

197. 
     Statistical Methods for Healthcare Performance Monitoring

     Article • August 2016, Taylor & Francis

     Prof Alex Bottle

198. 
     Defining the timing and causes of death amongst patients undergoing colorectal resection in England

     Article • Colorectal Disease, June 2016, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

199. 
     Use of hospital services by age and comorbidity after an index heart failure admission in England: an observational study

     Article • BMJ Open, June 2016, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

200. 
     Dame Hilda Lloyd Medal – Plenary Session (PFC)

     Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, June 2016, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

201. 
     Selection for laparoscopic resection confers a survival benefit in colorectal cancer surgery in England

     Article • Surgical Endoscopy, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

202. 
     Surgeon Volume and Cancer Esophagectomy, Gastrectomy, and Pancreatectomy

     Article • Annals of Surgery, April 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

203. 
     Mo1149 Wide Variation in Resection Rates and Survival in Elderly Colorectal Cancer Patients in England

     Article • Gastroenterology, April 2016, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

204. 
     Su1867 The Risk of Developing Cancer in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): Does Infliximab Contribute to Risk?

     Article • Gastroenterology, April 2016, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

205. 
     Association Between Day of Delivery and Obstetric Outcomes

     Article • Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, March 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

206. 
     Primary Care Access, Emergency Department Visits, and Unplanned Short Hospitalizations in the UK

     Article • PEDIATRICS, February 2016, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

207. 
     Stroke Severity Is a Crucial Predictor of Outcome: An International Prospective Validation Study

     Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, January 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

208. 
     Multi-Morbidity in Hospitalised Older Patients: Who Are the Complex Elderly?

     Article • PLOS One, December 2015, PLOS

     Prof Alex Bottle

209. 
     Risk of Post-Discharge Venous Thromboembolism and Associated Mortality in General Surgery: A Population-Based Cohort Study Using Linked Hospital and Primary Care Data in England

     Article • PLOS One, December 2015, PLOS

     Prof Alex Bottle

210. 
     Association between day of delivery and obstetric outcomes: observational study

     Article • BMJ, November 2015, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

211. 
     Linked Hospital and Primary Care Database Analysis of the Incidence and Impact of Psychiatric Morbidity Following Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery in England

     Article • Annals of Surgery, November 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

212. 
     Additive impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on pneumonia and empyema hospital admissions in England

     Article • Journal of Infection, October 2015, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

213. 
     Lack of Engagement in Surgical Quality Improvement Research Is Associated with Poorer Quality of Care

     Article • Journal of the American College of Surgeons, October 2015, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

214. 
     Monitoring patient safety in primary care: an exploratory study using in-depth semistructured interviews: Table 1

     Article • BMJ Open, September 2015, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

215. 
     Trends in Immediate Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction in the United Kingdom

     Article • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, September 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

216. 
     Access to primary care and the route of emergency admission to hospital: retrospective analysis of national hospital administrative data

     Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, August 2015, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

217. 
     Exploring the impact of consultants’ experience on hospital mortality by day of the week: a retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics 

     Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, July 2015, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

218. 
     The Global Comparators project: international comparison of 30-day in-hospital mortality by day of the week

     Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, July 2015, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

219. 
     Evaluation of a continuous monitoring and feedback initiative to improve quality of anaesthetic care: a mixed-methods quasi-experimental study

     Article • Health Services and Delivery Research, July 2015, National Institute for Health Research

     Prof Alex Bottle

220. 
     Article • The Annals of Family Medicine, July 2015, Annals of Family Medicine

     Prof Alex Bottle

221. 
     Relation between process measures and diagnosis-specific readmission rates in patients with heart failure

     Article • Heart, June 2015, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

222. 
     The effect of medications to prevent blood clots after hip and knee replacement

     Article • Arthroplasty Today, June 2015, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

223. 
     PTU-269 Lack of engagement in surgical quality improvement research is associated with poorer quality of care

     Article • Gut, June 2015, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

224. 
     PWE-259 Colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at increased risk of poor outcomes post surgery in england

     Article • June 2015, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

225. 
     PWE-262 Patients in england with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who develop colorectal cancer (CRC) have shortened survival when compared with patients with sporadic CRC

     Article • June 2015, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

226. 
     PWE-148 Combined effects of reoperation and venous thromboembolism in gastrointestinal surgery: evaluation of postoperative complications using linked hospital and primary care data

     Article • June 2015, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

227. 
     PWE-260 Elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic resection for colorectal cancer have better survival than patients undergoing open surgery

     Article • June 2015, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

228. 
     PWE-261 Elderly, ethnic minorities and socially deprived patients at high risk of requiring emergency surgery for colorectal cancer

     Article • June 2015, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

229. 
     OC-089 Linked hospital and primary care database study of venous thromboembolism and associated mortality following general surgical procedures in england

     Article • June 2015, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

230. 
     PTU-284 Linked primary care and hospital database analysis of trends in laparoscopy, short-term complications and recurrence following inguinal hernia repair in england

     Article • June 2015, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

231. 
     The “Friday effect”: Can epidemiology tell us when to operate?

     Article • Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

232. 
     Impact of UK Primary Care Policy Reforms on Short-Stay Unplanned Hospital Admissions for Children With Primary Care-Sensitive Conditions

     Article • The Annals of Family Medicine, May 2015, Annals of Family Medicine

     Prof Alex Bottle

233. 
     Reply

     Article • Hepatology, March 2015, Wiley

     Dr Tamer Abdelrahman, Prof Alex Bottle

234. 
     Tonsillectomy among children with low baseline acute throat infection consultation rates in UK general practices: a cohort study

     Article • BMJ Open, February 2015, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

235. 
     Understanding how colorectal units achieve short length of stay: an interview survey among representative hospitals in England

     Article • Patient Safety in Surgery, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

236. 
     The US hospital standardised mortality ratio: Retrospective database study of Massachusetts hospitals

     Article • JRSM Open, January 2015, SAGE Publications

     Prof Alex Bottle

237. 
     Developing effective feedback on quality of anaesthetic care: what are its most valuable characteristics from a clinical perspective?

     Article • Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, December 2014, SAGE Publications

     Prof Alex Bottle

238. 
     Arthroplasty return to theatre

     Article • The Bone & Joint Journal, December 2014, Bone & Joint

     Prof Alex Bottle

239. 
     Can valid and practical risk-prediction or casemix adjustment models, including adjustment for comorbidity, be generated from English hospital administrative data (Hospital Episode Statistics)? A national observational study

     Article • Health Services and Delivery Research, November 2014, National Institute for Health Research

     Prof Alex Bottle

240. 
     Correction: Changing Indications and Socio-Demographic Determinants of (Adeno)Tonsillectomy among Children in England – Are They Linked? A Retrospective Analysis of Hospital Data

     Article • PLOS One, October 2014, PLOS

     Prof Alex Bottle

241. 
     PP49 Do children registered with English general practices with better patient reported access have fewer emergency department visits in and out of hours? A cross sectional study in 2011/12

     Article • September 2014, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

242. 
     Changing Indications and Socio-Demographic Determinants of (Adeno)Tonsillectomy among Children in England – Are They Linked? A Retrospective Analysis of Hospital Data

     Article • PLOS One, August 2014, PLOS

     Prof Alex Bottle

243. 
     Effect of the readmission primary diagnosis and time interval in heart failure patients: analysis of English administrative data

     Article • European Journal of Heart Failure, July 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

244. 
     Preoperative Risk Factors in 10,418 Patients With Prior Myocardiac Infarction and 5241 Patients With Previous Unstable Angina Undergoing Elective Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

     Article • Survey of Anesthesiology, June 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

245. 
     Assessment of abdominoperineal resection rate as a surrogate marker of hospital quality in rectal cancer surgery (Br J Surg 2013; 100: 1655–1663)

     Article • BJS, April 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

246. 
     Classifying Hospitals as Mortality Outliers: Logistic Versus Hierarchical Logistic Models

     Article • Journal of Medical Systems, April 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

247. 
     Risk Factors for Hospital Admission with RSV Bronchiolitis in England: A Population-Based Birth Cohort Study

     Article • PLOS One, February 2014, PLOS

     Prof Alex Bottle

248. 
     Classifier calibration using splined empirical probabilities in clinical risk prediction

     Article • Health Care Management Science, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

249. 
     Preoperative Stroke and Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

     Article • Survey of Anesthesiology, February 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

250. 
     Care is needed in epidemiological research not to overgeneralise about cancer diagnosis and treatment

     Article • BMJ, December 2013, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

251. 
     A national analysis of the outcome of major head and neck cancer surgery: implications for surgeon-level data publication

     Article • Clinical Otolaryngology, December 2013, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

252. 
     Response to Asimakopoulos et al.

     Article • Clinical Otolaryngology, December 2013, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

253. 
     Current ICD10 codes are insufficient to clearly distinguish acute myocardial infarction type: a descriptive study

     Article • BMC Health Services Research, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

254. 
     Have contractual changes in primary care affected unplanned short stay childhood admissions in England? National time trends study 2001–11

     Article • The Lancet, November 2013, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

255. 
     The role of caseload in determining outcome following laparoscopic colorectal cancer resection: an observational study

     Article • Surgical Endoscopy, September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

256. 
     Hierarchical multilevel analysis of increased caseload volume and postoperative outcome after elective colorectal surgery

     Article • BJS, September 2013, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

257. 
     Provider profiling models for acute coronary syndrome mortality using administrative data

     Article • International Journal of Cardiology, September 2013, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

258. 
     Predictors of Readmission in Heart Failure Patients Vary by Cause of Readmission: Hospital-Level Cause-Specific Readmission Rates Show No Correlation

     Article • September 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

     Prof Alex Bottle

259. 
     The effects of resource availability on mortality for emergency general surgical admissions

     Article • Journal of the American College of Surgeons, September 2013, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

260. 
     Cancer diagnosed by emergency admission in England: an observational study using the general practice research database

     Article • BMC Health Services Research, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

261. 
     Adverse events recorded in English primary care: observational study using the General Practice Research Database

     Article • British Journal of General Practice, August 2013, Royal College of General Practitioners

     Prof Alex Bottle

262. 
     Mortality in high-risk emergency general surgical admissions

     Article • BJS, July 2013, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

263. 
     Global Comparators Project: International Comparison of Hospital Outcomes Using Administrative Data

     Article • Health Services Research, June 2013, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

264. 
     A retrospective study of the impact of the doctors’ strike in England on 21 June 2012

     Article • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, June 2013, SAGE Publications

     Prof Alex Bottle

265. 
     Sore throat consultations in general practice prior to tonsillectomy among eight hundred and sixty‐three children in England: is this in accordance with the SIGN guidelines?

     Article • Clinical Otolaryngology, June 2013, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

266. 
     Day of week of procedure and 30 day mortality for elective surgery: retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics

     Article • BMJ, May 2013, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

267. 
     Ethnic group differences in cardiovascular risk assessment scores: national cross-sectional study

     Article • Ethnicity and Health, May 2013, Taylor & Francis

     Prof Alex Bottle

268. 
     National outcomes and uptake of laparoscopic gastrectomy for cancer in England

     Article • Surgical Endoscopy, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

269. 
     Preoperative risk factors in 10 418 patients with prior myocardial infarction and 5241 patients with prior unstable angina undergoing elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery

     Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, April 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

270. 
     Meeting the ambition of measuring the quality of hospitals' stroke care using routinely collected administrative data: a feasibility study

     Article • International Journal for Quality in Health Care, April 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

271. 
     Preoperative Stroke and Outcomes after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

     Article • Anesthesiology, April 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

272. 
     Failure to Rescue Patients After Reintervention in Gastroesophageal Cancer Surgery in England

     Article • JAMA Surgery, March 2013, American Medical Association (AMA)

     Prof Alex Bottle

273. 
     Staff perceptions of quality of care: an observational study of the NHS Staff Survey in hospitals in England

     Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, February 2013, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

274. 
     Is “failure to rescue” derived from administrative data in England a nurse sensitive patient safety indicator for surgical care? Observational study

     Article • International Journal of Nursing Studies, February 2013, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle, Prof Peter Griffiths

275. 
     Weekend Admissions and Increased Risk for Mortality: Less Urgent Treatments Only?—Reply

     Article • JAMA Neurology, January 2013, American Medical Association (AMA)

     Prof Alex Bottle

276. 
     Systematic Review of Comorbidity Indices for Administrative Data

     Article • Medical Care, December 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

277. 
     Minimal-access colorectal surgery is associated with fewer adhesion-related admissions than open surgery

     Article • BJS, November 2012, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

278. 
     Significantly increasing hospital admissions for acute throat infections among children in England: is this related to tonsillectomy rates?

     Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, October 2012, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

279. 
     Dying for the Weekend

     Article • Archives of Neurology, October 2012, American Medical Association (AMA)

     Prof Alex Bottle

280. 
     Quality of routine hospital birth records and the feasibility of their use for creating birth cohorts

     Article • Journal of Public Health, September 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

281. 
     Association between patient and general practice characteristics and unplanned first-time admissions for cancer: observational study

     Article • British Journal of Cancer, July 2012, Nature

     Prof Alex Bottle

282. 
     Poor 1-Year Survival in Elderly Patients Undergoing Nonelective Colorectal Resection

     Article • Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, July 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

283. 
     Independent Preoperative Predictors of Outcomes in Orthopedic and Vascular Surgery

     Article • Annals of Surgery, May 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

284. 
     Creating a birth cohort to examine RSV bronchiolitis hospital admission rates among term and preterm infants in England

     Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, May 2012, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

285. 
     Rising acute throat infection admissions in children are not related to falling tonsillectomy rates

     Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, May 2012, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

286. 
     Examining the ‘gold standard’: a comparative critical analysis of three consecutive decades of monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) outcomes

     Article • BJU International, April 2012, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

287. 
     Using routine data to monitor inequalities in an acute trust: a retrospective study

     Article • BMC Health Services Research, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

288. 
     Assessment of administrative data for evaluating the shifting acquisition of Clostridium difficile infection in England

     Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, March 2012, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

289. 
     Reduced Risk of Medical Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Selected for Laparoscopic Colorectal Resection in England

     Article • Archives of Surgery, March 2012, American Medical Association (AMA)

     Prof Alex Bottle

290. 
     Impact of transfer for angioplasty and distance on AMI in-hospital mortality

     Article • Acute Cardiac Care, February 2012, Taylor & Francis

     Prof Alex Bottle

291. 
     Single measures of performance do not reflect overall institutional quality in colorectal cancer surgery

     Article • Gut, February 2012, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

292. 
     Short-Term Outcomes Following Open Versus Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for Cancer in England

     Article • Annals of Surgery, February 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

293. 
     Mortality and morbidity following hip fractures related to hospital thromboprophylaxis policy

     Article • Hip International, January 2012, Wichtig

     Prof Alex Bottle

294. 
     Nationwide Study on Trends in Hospital Admissions for Major Cardiovascular Events and Procedures Among People With and Without Diabetes in England, 2004-2009

     Article • Diabetes Care, December 2011, American Diabetes Association

     Prof Alex Bottle

295. 
     Comorbidity scores for administrative data benefited from adaptation to local coding and diagnostic practices

     Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, December 2011, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

296. 
     A Review of Patient Safety Measures Based on Routinely Collected Hospital Data

     Article • American Journal of Medical Quality, September 2011, SAGE Publications

     Prof Alex Bottle

297. 
     Logistic Versus Hierarchical Modeling: An Analysis of a Statewide Inpatient Sample

     Article • Journal of the American College of Surgeons, September 2011, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

298. 
     Uptake of the NHS Health Checks programme in a deprived, culturally diverse setting: Cross sectional study

     Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, September 2011, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

299. 
     What is the role of risk-adjusted funnel plots in the analysis of radical cystectomy volume-outcome relationships?

     Article • BJU International, August 2011, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

300. 
     Value of failure to rescue as a marker of the standard of care following reoperation for complications after colorectal resection

     Article • BJS, August 2011, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

301. 
     Variation in reoperation after colorectal surgery in England as an indicator of surgical performance: retrospective analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics

     Article • BMJ, August 2011, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

302. 
     Association of practice size and pay-for-performance incentives with the quality of diabetes management in primary care

     Article • Canadian Medical Association Journal, August 2011, Canadian Medical Association (CMA)

     Prof Alex Bottle

303. 
     Acute Medicine: Triage, timing and teaching in the context of medical emergency admissions

     Article • European Journal of Internal Medicine, August 2011, Elsevier

     Dr Chris Peter Subbe , Prof Alex Bottle

304. 
     Systematic review of discharge coding accuracy

     Article • Journal of Public Health, July 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

305. 
     Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratios: Sensitivity Analyses on the Impact of Coding

     Article • Health Services Research, July 2011, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

306. 
     The comparison of cardiovascular risk scores using two methods of substituting missing risk factor data in patient medical records

     Article • Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, July 2011, BCS Learning and Development Limited

     Prof Alex Bottle

307. 
     The performance of automated case-mix adjustment regression model building methods in a health outcome prediction setting

     Article • Health Care Management Science, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

308. 
     Uptake of the NHS Health Checks programme in a deprived, culturally diverse setting: cross-sectional study

     Article • Journal of Public Health, May 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

309. 
     Increased health burden associated with Clostridium difficile diarrhoea in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

     Article • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, April 2011, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

310. 
     Mo1566 Surgery for Benign Colorectal Polyps in England - Trends and Outcomes From 1997 to 2007

     Article • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, April 2011, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

311. 
     Surgery for benign colorectal polyps in England - trends and outcomes from 1997 to 2007

     Article • Gut, March 2011, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

312. 
     Polypectomy at colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy in England: a review of national data between 1997 and 2007

     Article • Gut, March 2011, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

313. 
     Inequalities in Stroke Patients' Management in English Public Hospitals: A Survey on 200,000 Patients

     Article • PLOS One, March 2011, PLOS

     Prof Alex Bottle

314. 
     The volume-outcome relationship for radical cystectomy in England: an analysis of outcomes other than mortality

     Article • BJU International, February 2011, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

315. 
     Interventions to optimise prescribing in care homes: systematic review

     Article • Age and Ageing, January 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

316. 
     Authors' response

     Article • Thorax, December 2010, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

317. 
     Association of population and primary healthcare factors with hospital admission rates for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in England: national cross-sectional study

     Article • Thorax, November 2010, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

318. 
     Volume analysis of outcome following restorative proctocolectomy

     Article • BJS, November 2010, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

319. 
     Trial of Therapeutic Assessment in London: randomised controlled trial of Therapeutic Assessment versus standard psychosocial assessment in adolescents presenting with self-harm

     Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, October 2010, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

320. 
     A colorectal perspective on voluntary submission of outcome data to clinical registries

     Article • BJS, October 2010, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

321. 
     Blood pressure monitoring and control by cardiovascular disease status in UK primary care: 10 year retrospective cohort study 1998-2007

     Article • Journal of Public Health, October 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

322. 
     Admission rates and in-hospital mortality for hip fractures in England 1998 to 2009: time trends study

     Article • Journal of Public Health, October 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

323. 
     Changes in the Incidence of Lower Extremity Amputations in Individuals With and Without Diabetes in England Between 2004 and 2008

     Article • Diabetes Care, September 2010, American Diabetes Association

     Prof Alex Bottle

324. 
     P26 Interventions to improve prescribing quality in care homes: a systematic review

     Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, September 2010, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

325. 
     Impact of the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV7) programme on childhood hospital admissions for bacterial pneumonia and empyema in England: national time-trends study, 1997-2008

     Article • Thorax, August 2010, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

326. 
     Implementation of the NHS Health Checks programme: baseline assessment of risk factor recording in an urban culturally diverse setting

     Article • Family Practice, August 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

327. 
     Introduction of laparoscopic bariatric surgery in England: observational population cohort study

     Article • BMJ, August 2010, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

328. 
     Predicting the false alarm rate in multi-institution mortality monitoring

     Article • Journal of the Operational Research Society, August 2010, Nature

     Prof Alex Bottle

329. 
     Open Versus Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy

     Article • Annals of Surgery, August 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

330. 
     Ten-year trends in hospital admissions for adverse drug reactions in England 1999–2009

     Article • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, May 2010, SAGE Publications

     Prof Alex Bottle

331. 
     A plea for reason

     Article • BMJ, May 2010, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

332. 
     Towards a scientific workflow methodology for primary care database studies

     Article • Statistical Methods in Medical Research, May 2010, SAGE Publications

     Prof Alex Bottle

333. 
     Elective colonic surgery for cancer in the elderly: an investigation into postoperative mortality in English NHS hospitals between 1996 and 2007

     Article • Colorectal Disease, April 2010, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

334. 
     Risk-adjusted monitoring of time to event

     Article • Biometrika, April 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

335. 
     Hospital stay amongst patients undergoing major elective colorectal surgery: predicting prolonged stay and readmissions in NHS hospitals

     Article • Colorectal Disease, April 2010, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

336. 
     2084 HAS MODERN TURP EVOLVED OVER THREE DECADES?: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

     Article • The Journal of Urology, April 2010, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

337. 
     Impact of Hospital Institutional Volume on Postoperative Mortality After Major Emergency Colorectal Surgery in English National Health Service Trusts, 2001 to 2005

     Article • Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, April 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

338. 
     Nonelective Excisional Colorectal Surgery in English National Health Service Trusts: A Study of Outcomes from Hospital Episode Statistics Data between 1996 and 2007

     Article • Journal of the American College of Surgeons, April 2010, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

339. 
     The volume-mortality relation for radical cystectomy in England: retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics

     Article • BMJ, March 2010, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

340. 
     Increasing Skin Infections and Staphylococcus aureus Complications in Children, England, 1997–2006

     Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, March 2010, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

     Prof Alex Bottle

341. 
     Trends in lower extremity amputations in people with and without diabetes in England, 1996–2005

     Article • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, February 2010, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

342. 
     The hospital standardised mortality ratio: a powerful tool for Dutch hospitals to assess their quality of care?

     Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, February 2010, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

343. 
     Weekend mortality for emergency admissions. A large, multicentre study

     Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, January 2010, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

344. 
     Strengths and weaknesses of hospital standardised mortality ratios

     Article • BMJ, January 2010, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

345. 
     Impact of a Pay-for-Performance Incentive Scheme on Age, Sex, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Diabetes Management in UK Primary Care

     Article • Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, January 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

346. 
     The impact of national guidelines for the prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism on the complications of arthroplasty of the lower limb

     Article • Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, January 2010, Bone & Joint

     Prof Alex Bottle

347. 
     Diverticular disease hospital admissions are increasing, with poor outcomes in the elderly and emergency admissions

     Article • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, December 2009, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

348. 
     Provision of radical pelvic urological surgery in England, and compliance with improving outcomes guidance

     Article • BJU International, November 2009, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

349. 
     Increasing Short-Stay Unplanned Hospital Admissions among Children in England; Time Trends Analysis ’97–‘06

     Article • PLOS One, October 2009, PLOS

     Prof Alex Bottle

350. 
     Laparoscopically Assisted vs. Open Elective Colonic and Rectal Resection: A Comparison of Outcomes in English National Health Service Trusts Between 1996 and 2006

     Article • Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, October 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

351. 
     Early In-Hospital Mortality following Trainee Doctors' First Day at Work

     Article • PLOS One, September 2009, PLOS

     Prof Alex Bottle

352. 
     Pay for perfomance and the quality of diabetes management in individuals with and without co-morbid medical conditions

     Article • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, September 2009, SAGE Publications

     Prof Alex Bottle

353. 
     Application of AHRQ patient safety indicators to English hospital data

     Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, August 2009, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

354. 
     Is Laparoscopic Appendectomy Associated with Better Outcomes?

     Article • Annals of Surgery, May 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

355. 
     Is Laparoscopic Appendectomy Associated with Better Outcomes?

     Article • Annals of Surgery, May 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

356. 
     Monitoring mortality

     Article • BMJ, April 2009, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

357. 
     Funnel Plots and Their Emerging Application in Surgery

     Article • Annals of Surgery, March 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

358. 
     Descriptive study of selected healthcare-associated infections using national Hospital Episode Statistics data 1996–2006 and comparison with mandatory reporting systems

     Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, December 2008, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

359. 
     Traditional and Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Adults

     Article • Annals of Surgery, November 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

360. 
     Ethnic Disparities in Blood Pressure Management in Patients With Hypertension After the Introduction of Pay for Performance

     Article • The Annals of Family Medicine, November 2008, Annals of Family Medicine

     Prof Alex Bottle

361. 
     Trends in cardiovascular admissions and procedures for people with and without diabetes in England, 1996–2005

     Article • Diabetologia, October 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

362. 
     Laparoscopic and conventional appendicectomy in children: outcomes in English hospitals between 1996 and 2006

     Article • Pediatric Surgery International, September 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

363. 
     Volume–outcome relationship in surgical urology: Myth or reality?

     Article • British Journal of Medical and Surgical Urology, September 2008, SAGE Publications

     Prof Alex Bottle

364. 
     Trends in hospital admissions for pulmonary embolism in England: 1996/7 to 2005/6

     Article • Clinical Medicine, August 2008, Royal College of Physicians

     Prof Alex Bottle

365. 
     Quality of Primary Care and Hospital Admissions for Diabetes Mellitus in England

     Article • Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, July 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

     Prof Alex Bottle

366. 
     Demonstrating safety through in-hospital mortality analysis following elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in England (Br J Surg 2008; 95: 64-71)

     Article • BJS, March 2008, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

367. 
     Changing trends in surgery for acute appendicitis (Br J Surg 2008; 95: 363–368)

     Article • BJS, January 2008, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

368. 
     Are hospital league tables calculated correctly? A commentary

     Article • Public Health, December 2007, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

369. 
     Hospital episode statistics v central cardiac audit database

     Article • BMJ, October 2007, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

370. 
     Association Between Quality of Primary Care and Hospitalization for Coronary Heart Disease in England: National Cross-sectional Study

     Article • Journal of General Internal Medicine, October 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

     Prof Alex Bottle

371. 
     Intelligent Information: A National System for Monitoring Clinical Performance

     Article • Health Services Research, June 2007, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

372. 
     Use of administrative data or clinical databases as predictors of risk of death in hospital: comparison of models

     Article • BMJ, May 2007, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

373. 
     Identifying patients at high risk of emergency hospital admissions: a logistic regression analysis

     Article • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, August 2006, SAGE Publications

     Prof Alex Bottle

374. 
     Mortality associated with delay in operation after hip fracture: observational study

     Article • BMJ, March 2006, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

375. 
     Obesity and type 2 diabetes in children, 1996-7 to 2003-4

     Article • BMJ, November 2005, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

376. 
     Trends in day surgery rates

     Article • BMJ, October 2005, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

377. 
     Variation in operation rates by primary care trust

     Article • BMJ, September 2005, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

378. 
     Length of hospital stay and subsequent emergency readmission

     Article • BMJ, August 2005, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

379. 
     “Frequent flier” patients

     Article • BMJ, April 2005, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

380. 
     Variations in vaginal and abdominal hysterectomy by region and trust in England

     Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, March 2005, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

381. 
     Monitoring changes in hospital standardised mortality ratios

     Article • BMJ, February 2005, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

382. 
     Hospital admissions for drug and alcohol use in people aged under 45

     Article • BMJ, January 2005, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

383. 
     Counting hospital activity: spells or episodes?

     Article • BMJ, November 2004, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

384. 
     Paediatric cardiac surgical mortality in England after Bristol: descriptive analysis of hospital episode statistics 1991-2002

     Article • BMJ, October 2004, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

385. 
     Adverse events reporting in English hospital statistics: Authors' reply

     Article • BMJ, October 2004, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

386. 
     Prescribing of lipid regulating drugs and admissions for myocardial infarction in England

     Article • BMJ, September 2004, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

387. 
     How often are adverse events reported in English hospital statistics?

     Article • BMJ, August 2004, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

388. 
     Statistical issues in the prospective monitoring of health outcomes across multiple units

     Article • Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society), August 2004, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

389. 
     Social class and elective caesareans in the NHS: Authors' reply

     Article • BMJ, July 2004, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

390. 
     CHI ratings and HSMRs: is there a relation?

     Article • BMJ, July 2004, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

391. 
     Implementing guidance on hip fracture: Authors' reply

     Article • BMJ, June 2004, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

392. 
     Using GIS for Environmental Exposure Assessment

     Article • June 2004, Taylor & Francis

     Prof Alex Bottle

393. 
     Social class and elective caesareans in the English NHS

     Article • BMJ, June 2004, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

394. 
     Some way to go for consistent implementation of guidance on hip fracture

     Article • BMJ, May 2004, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

395. 
     Trends in admissions and deaths in English NHS hospitals

     Article • BMJ, April 2004, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

396. 
     Discharge destination and length of stay: differences between US and English hospitals for people aged 65 and over

     Article • BMJ, March 2004, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

397. 
     Acute stroke units and early CT scans are linked to lower in-hospital mortality rates

     Article • BMJ, February 2004, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

398. 
     Controlling for provider of treatment in the modelling of respiratory disease risk near cokeworks

     Article • Statistics in Medicine, January 2004, Wiley

     Prof Alex Bottle

399. 
     Monitoring of mortality rates in primary care

     Article • The Lancet, October 2003, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

400. 
     Following Shipman: a pilot system for monitoring mortality rates in primary care

     Article • The Lancet, August 2003, Elsevier

     Prof Alex Bottle

401. 
     Hospital episode statistics: time for clinicians to get involved?

     Article • Clinical Medicine, September 2002, Royal College of Physicians

     Prof Alex Bottle

402. 
     Accessing and using hospital activity data

     Article • Journal of Public Health, March 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Prof Alex Bottle

403. 
     Proximity to coke works and hospital admissions for respiratory and cardiovascular disease in England and Wales

     Article • Thorax, March 2001, BMJ

     Prof Alex Bottle

404. 
     The productivity of British, American and Nigerian chemists compared

     Article • Journal of Information Science, June 1994, SAGE Publications

     Prof Alex Bottle