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  1. Are local public expenditure reductions associated with increases in inequality in emergency hospitalisation? Time-series analysis of English local authorities from 2010 to 2017

    Article • Emergency Medicine Journal, June 2024, BMJ

    Dr Ana Cristina Castro-Avila

  2. Daily compliance of the ABCDEF liberation bundle for patients in the intensive care unit: A retrospective descriptive study

    Article • Medwave, May 2024, Medwave Estudios Limitada

    Dr Ana Cristina Castro-Avila

  3. Mixed Methods EvAluation of the high-volume low-complexity Surgical hUb pRogrammE (MEASURE): a mixed methods study protocol

    Article • BMJ Open, April 2024, BMJ

    Dr Ana Cristina Castro-Avila

  4. Six-month post-intensive care outcomes during high and low bed occupancy due to the COVID-19 pandemic: A multicenter prospective cohort study

    Article • PLOS One, November 2023, PLOS

    Dr Ana Cristina Castro-Avila

  5. General practitioners' wellbeing during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Novel methods with social media data

    Article • Health Information & Libraries Journal, November 2022, Wiley

    Dr Ana Cristina Castro-Avila

  6. Excess years of life lost to COVID-19 and other causes of death by sex, neighbourhood deprivation, and region in England and Wales during 2020: A registry-based study

    Article • PLoS Medicine, February 2022, PLOS

    Dr Ana Cristina Castro-Avila

  7. GP wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review

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

    Dr Ana Cristina Castro-Avila

  8. Impact on Mental, Physical and Cognitive functioning of a Critical care sTay during the COVID-19 pandemic (IMPACCT COVID-19): protocol for a prospective, multicentre, mixed-methods cohort study

    Article • BMJ Open, September 2021, BMJ

    Dr Ana Cristina Castro-Avila

  9. Reducing inequality in avoidable emergency admissions: Case studies of local health care systems in England using a realist approach

    Article • Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, July 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr Ana Cristina Castro-Avila

  10. Excess years of life lost to COVID-19 and other causes of death by sex, neighbourhood deprivation and region in England & Wales during 2020

    Article • July 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Ana Cristina Castro-Avila

  11. Support and follow-up needs of patients discharged from intensive care after severe COVID-19: a mixed-methods study of the views of UK general practitioners and intensive care staff during the pandemic’s first wave

    Article • BMJ Open, May 2021, BMJ

    Dr Ana Cristina Castro-Avila

  12. Support and follow-up needs of patients discharged from Intensive Care after severe COVID-19: a mixed-methods study of the views of UK general practitioners and intensive care staff during the pandemic’s first wave

    Article • December 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Ana Cristina Castro-Avila

  13. Construct Validity of the Chilean-Spanish Version of the Functional Status Score for the Intensive Care Unit: A Prospective Observational Study Using Actigraphy in Mechanically Ventilated Patients

    Article • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Ana Cristina Castro-Avila

  14. The effect of external inspections on safety in acute hospitals in the National Health Service in England: A controlled interrupted time-series analysis

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

    Dr Ana Cristina Castro-Avila

  15. Characteristics of physiotherapy staffing levels and caseload: a cross-sectional survey of Chilean adult Intensive Care Units

    Article • Medwave, January 2019, Medwave Estudios Limitada

    Dr Ana Cristina Castro-Avila

  16. Advancing health through research partnerships in Latin America

    Article • BMJ, July 2018, BMJ

    Dr Ana Cristina Castro-Avila

  17. Effects of 24-hours/day versus business hours physical therapy intervention in adult intensive care unit patients: a systematic review

    Article • International Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Journal, February 2018, MedCrave Group LLC

    Dr Ana Cristina Castro-Avila

  18. Dramatic effects of control measures on deaths from yellow fever in Havana, Cuba, in the early 1900s

    Article • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, March 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr Ana Cristina Castro-Avila

  19. Effect of Early Rehabilitation during Intensive Care Unit Stay on Functional Status: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • PLOS One, July 2015, PLOS

    Dr Ana Cristina Castro-Avila, Professor sharon mickan