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  1. The key elements of maternity capacity planning

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  2. Forecasting hospital admissions

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, October 2024, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  3. How to compare international bed demand and bed occupancy

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  4. Hospital bed modelling explained

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  5. The gap between policy and reality surrounding NHS winter pressures

    Article • Journal of Paramedic Practice, July 2023, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  6. The nonspecific effects of certain vaccines could alter winter mortality

    Article • Journal of Paramedic Practice, June 2023, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  7. Influenza vaccination also affects non-influenza pathogens

    Article • Infectious Disease Reports, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  8. A model to compare international hospital bed numbers

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  9. Are the effects of influenza vaccination on winter mortality more complex than anticipated?

    Article • Infectious Disease Reports, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  10. How to compare international critical care bed numbers

    Article • The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  11. What do the long-term trends in winter mortality reveal?

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  12. The ageing population does not correctly predict the need for medical beds (Part 2)

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, October 2021, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  13. A simple method to validate medical bed number calculations

    Article • European Journal of Internal Medicine, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  14. The ageing population does not correctly predict need for medical beds

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, August 2021, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  15. Excess winter mortality (EWM) is influenced by multiple factors

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  16. THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE COST AND CAPACITY SHOCKS

    Article • Odes’kij medičnij žurnal (The Odessa Medical Journal), January 2021, Odessa National Medical University

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  17. All English CCGs have very low levels of occupied hospital beds

    Article • The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, December 2020, Wiley

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  18. Excess winter mortality and stalling life expectancy?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, December 2020, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  19. How many medical beds does a country need?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, September 2020, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  20. Which US states have far too few hospital beds to cope with Covid-19?

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  21. Hidden patterns in NHS sickness absence

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, April 2020, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  22. Curious patterns in hospital bed occupancy

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, March 2020, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  23. A method to compare hospital bed numbers between countries and regions

    Article • The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, December 2019, Wiley

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  24. NHS Strategic and operational tactical planning for the winter of 2019/20

    Article • Journal of Paramedic Practice, December 2019, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  25. Unexplained periods of higher International deaths and outbreaks of a new disease type

    Article • The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, December 2019, Wiley

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  26. Will the winter of 2019/20 show unusually high health service demand?

    Article • Journal of Paramedic Practice, November 2019, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  27. Did austerity cause increased deaths in the UK?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, November 2019, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  28. Calendar or financial year data is unreliable for planning

    Article • The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, July 2019, Wiley

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  29. Have the public in the UK been misled about hospital bed numbers?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, July 2019, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  30. Trends in deaths and unscheduled care are all behaving in peculiar ways

    Article • Journal of Paramedic Practice, May 2019, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  31. Winter excess deaths may respond to curious on/off switching earlier in the year

    Article • Journal of Paramedic Practice, April 2019, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  32. Volatility in end-of-life hospital demand

    Article • Journal of Paramedic Practice, March 2019, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  33. Deaths and end-of-life workload are unequally distributed throughout the UK

    Article • Journal of Paramedic Practice, February 2019, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  34. Nearness to death and volatile health and social care costs

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, February 2019, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  35. Why NHS pressures are going to intensify

    Article • Journal of Paramedic Practice, January 2019, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  36. Why government austerity in the UK is probably not killing people

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  37. International deaths are behaving in ways not thought to be possible

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  38. All-Cause Mortality and NHS Sickness Absence Rates in England Show a Lagged Series of Step-Like Changes

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  39. Hospital Beds per death (all-causes) as a simple ratio to compare bed numbers between countries

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, December 2018, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  40. Critical care bed numbers in England

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, October 2018, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  41. Will deaths in England set a new record in 2018?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, September 2018, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  42. Deaths in 2018 in the UK are forecast to be higher than expected

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, August 2018, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  43. Clinical workload changes with the number of deaths

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, June 2018, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  44. Do hospital mortality scores contain hidden flaws?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, June 2018, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  45. Can deaths be used to predict hospital bed numbers?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, June 2018, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  46. Deaths in 2017 in England reached an unexpected high

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, May 2018, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  47. Unexplained increases in NHS bed occupancy in England point to an infectious source

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, April 2018, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  48. Reduced maternity length of stay leads to higher neonatal admissions

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, March 2018, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  49. Unexpected trends in hospital standardized mortality in England

    Article • European Journal of Internal Medicine, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  50. Is this an outbreak of the World Health Organisation's 'Disease X'?

    Article • European Journal of Internal Medicine, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  51. Approximate 7-day long periods of higher hospital bed occupancy

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, February 2018, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  52. Subtle changes in patient acuity is not properly reflected in the hospital mortality models

    Article • European Journal of Internal Medicine, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  53. Month-to-month variation in end of life healthcare workload

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, January 2018, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  54. Higher deaths and medical admissions in the UK since 2011

    Article • European Journal of Internal Medicine, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  55. Does Cytomegalovirus (CMV) cause unexpected immune disturbances

    Article • Journal of Immunobiology, January 2018, OMICS Publishing Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  56. Periods of Unexplained Higher Deaths and Medical Admissions Coexist with Changes in Staff Sickness Absence

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  57. Mortality and Unscheduled Care – Are We Missing Something of Profound Importance?

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  58. Where is growth occurring in NHS admissions?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, December 2017, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  59. Acute admissions for thrombosis have decreased during a period of higher medical admissions

    Article • European Journal of Internal Medicine, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  60. Bed occupancy in the English NHS shows on/off switching

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, November 2017, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  61. Emergency admissions rise when deaths rise

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, November 2017, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  62. Age-specificity in medical admissions during a period of unexplained higher deaths

    Article • European Journal of Internal Medicine, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  63. What is causing periods of unexplained higher deaths and medical admissions?

    Article • European Journal of Internal Medicine, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  64. Deaths and the number of occupied acute hospital beds

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, October 2017, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  65. Seasonal variation in end-of-life health and social care work load

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, September 2017, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  66. Austerity did not cause the rise in deaths in 2015

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, September 2017, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  67. Deaths in the UK are currently at levels expected 20 years into the future

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, August 2017, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  68. Seasonal variation in deaths creates patterns in acute and social care workload

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, July 2017, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  69. Anticipated NHS demand in 2017/18

    Article • Journal of Paramedic Practice, June 2017, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  70. Was the increase in deaths in 2015 due to austerity?

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

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  71. Hospital deaths and all-cause mortality

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, May 2017, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  72. What is driving growth in the English NHS?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, March 2017, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  73. Why has the winter of 2016/17 been so bad for the NHS?

    Article • Journal of Paramedic Practice, February 2017, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  74. Closing acute beds in the Sustainability and Transformation Plans

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, February 2017, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  75. Why demographic forecasting fails to predict hospital bed numbers

    Article • British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2017, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  76. Has policy distorted financial forecasting in the English NHS?

    Article • British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2017, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  77. Fertility, stillbirth, and gender ratio change in a presumed infectious outbreak

    Article • British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2017, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  78. Is the hospital weekend mortality effect real?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, January 2017, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  79. Could on/off switching in deaths be due to outbreaks of a pathogen?

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  80. Curious on/off switching in deaths indicates a possible new type of infectious outbreak

    Article • Journal of Advances In Allergy & Immunologic Diseases, January 2017, Sift Desk

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  81. Step-up and step-down trends in crude death rates in English hospitals

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, December 2016, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  82. Trend in the proportion in-hospital deaths in England

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, November 2016, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  83. Using social groups to locate areas with high use of critical care

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, November 2016, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  84. Standardized hospital mortality rate is sensitive to changes in activity

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, October 2016, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  85. Deaths and the marginal changes in health care costs

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, October 2016, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  86. Trends in overnight stay admissions, length of stay and occupied bed days in England

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, September 2016, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  87. Is length of stay a risk factor in hospital death

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, August 2016, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  88. Does high bed occupancy increase hospital mortality?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, July 2016, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  89. Does hospital standardized mortality actually measure the impact of hospital processes on mortality

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, June 2016, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  90. Why does hospital bed occupancy seemingly track all-cause mortality?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, May 2016, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  91. Unusual trends in NHS staff sickness absence and emergency admissions

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, April 2016, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  92. A flaw in mortality-based disease surveilance

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, March 2016, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  93. Follow-up rates are beginning to increase

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, February 2016, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  94. Recurring periods of higher than expected growth in deaths and medical admissions

    Article • British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2016, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  95. Economy of scale in critical care

    Article • British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2016, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  96. Factors influencing A&E attendance and waiting times

    Article • British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2016, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  97. Calculating hospital bed numbers

    Article • British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2016, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  98. Which social groups attend A&E the most

    Article • British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2016, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  99. Blood biochemistry and weekend mortality in hospitals

    Article • British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2016, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  100. The real reason for the huge NHS overspend

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, January 2016, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  101. Small-area outbreaks of a new type of infectious agent

    Article • Fractal Geometry and Nonlinear Analysis in Medicine and Biology, January 2016, Open Access Text Pvt, Ltd.

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  102. Is there a serious flaw in hospital mortality rates?

    Article • Fractal Geometry and Nonlinear Analysis in Medicine and Biology, January 2016, Open Access Text Pvt, Ltd.

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  103. Did GP surgeries unknowingly spread an infectious outbreak in N.E. Essex

    Article • Fractal Geometry and Nonlinear Analysis in Medicine and Biology, January 2016, Open Access Text Pvt, Ltd.

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  104. Why did so many people with dementia die in 2014 and 2015?

    Article • Journal of Neuroinfectious Diseases, January 2016, OMICS Publishing Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  105. Is the ageing population the sole cause of rising emergency admissions

    Article • Epidemiology Open Access, January 2016, OMICS Publishing Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  106. Emergency admissions show unexplained spurts of growth

    Article • Epidemiology Open Access, January 2016, OMICS Publishing Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  107. Influenza-like illness and health care costs

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, December 2015, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  108. Changes in deaths are linked to changes in bed occupancy and health care costs

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, November 2015, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  109. Unexplained recurring periods of higher death in Western countries

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, October 2015, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  110. Trends in demand for urgent care

    Article • Journal of Paramedic Practice, October 2015, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  111. Declining length of stay and future hospital bed numbers

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, September 2015, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  112. Bed occupancy, efficiency and infectious outbreaks

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, August 2015, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  113. Is length of stay a reliable efficiency measure in hospital care

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, July 2015, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  114. A&E admissions: where next?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, June 2015, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  115. Waiting time in A&E is exhibiting tipping points

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, May 2015, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  116. Are emergency admissions contagious?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, May 2015, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  117. Understanding growth in emergency admissions

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, April 2015, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  118. Small area behavior of emergency medical admissions and costs

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, March 2015, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  119. Forecasting medical emergency admissions

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, February 2015, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  120. Why are NHS emergency admissions and costs increasing so rapidly

    Article • British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2015, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  121. Unexplained increases in adult appendicitis

    Article • British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2015, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  122. Unexplained rise in medical admissions at a hospital in 2012

    Article • British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2015, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  123. Small-area spread of a new type of infectious agent

    Article • British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2015, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  124. Spatial spread of deaths within England and Wales

    Article • British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2015, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  125. Recurring periods of higher deaths in Belfast: an infectious aetiology

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, January 2015, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  126. Roles for Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in autoimmunity

    Article • January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  127. Small-area spread of a new type of infectious agent in Wigan (near Manchester, UK)

    Article • Fractal Geometry and Nonlinear Analysis in Medicine and Biology, January 2015, Open Access Text Pvt, Ltd.

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  128. Unexpected deaths from dementia in 2012 and 2013 in the UK

    Article • Journal of Neuroinfectious Diseases, January 2015, OMICS Publishing Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  129. High medical bed occupancy leads to cancelled elective operations

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, December 2014, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  130. Trends in admissions per death

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, November 2014, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  131. Deaths and medical admissions in Northern Ireland in 2012

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, November 2014, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  132. Financial volatility in NHS commissioning

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, October 2014, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  133. Emergency admissions per death

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, September 2014, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  134. Expected trends in births and deaths to 2037

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, August 2014, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  135. Unexpected neurological deaths in 2012 in England

    Article • Medical Hypotheses, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  136. Trends in death and end of life costs

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, June 2014, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  137. Untangling the A&E crisis

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, May 2014, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  138. Cycles in admissions for neurological conditions

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, April 2014, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  139. Unexpected changes in outpatient referral

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, March 2014, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  140. Unexplained trends in urgent care

    Article • Journal of Paramedic Practice, February 2014, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  141. Why are admissions for aggressive tuberculosis showing cycles?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, February 2014, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  142. A novel infectious agent increased medical admissions in Wigan (Manchester) in 2012

    Article • British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2014, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  143. Single year of age specific changes in mortality rate

    Article • British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2014, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  144. Why are deaths and admissions for respiratory conditions increasing

    Article • British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2014, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  145. Unexpected increase in deaths in 2012: which conditions were affected

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, January 2014, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  146. Is excess winter mortality all it seems

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, December 2013, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  147. Do cancer costs follow cycles?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, December 2013, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  148. Multi-morbidity and trends in elderly admissions

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, November 2013, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  149. Is the ageing population the real problem?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, October 2013, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  150. Trends in A&E attendance

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, September 2013, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  151. The NHS England review of urgent and emergency care

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, August 2013, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  152. Hidden complexity in A&E trends

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, July 2013, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  153. Trends in unscheduled care

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, June 2013, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  154. Unexplained increase in deaths in 2012

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, May 2013, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  155. Temperature volatility and health care costs

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, April 2013, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  156. Understanding average length of stay in US hospitals

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, April 2013, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  157. Volatile childhood diagnoses and pediatric costs

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, March 2013, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  158. Financial risk and volatile elderly diagnoses

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, February 2013, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  159. Novel outbreaks of an unknown agent

    Article • Epidemiology Open Access, January 2013, OMICS Publishing Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  160. Why smaller maternity units have higher costs

    Article • British Journal of Midwifery, January 2013, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  161. Population density and health care costs

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, January 2013, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  162. A flaw in person-based health care funding

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, January 2013, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  163. Trends in outpatient follow-up rates in England

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, December 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  164. Volatile costs in GP commissioning: Insights from medicare

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, December 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  165. Step-increases in GP referral to dermatology: which conditions?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, November 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  166. Financial risk in GP commissioning: the loss ratio

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, November 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  167. Excess deaths in 2008/09 following admission to hospital

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, October 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  168. Excess deaths following a procedure in 2008

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, October 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  169. Increasing GP referrals: jump or infectious push?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, September 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  170. Age-related changes in A&E attendance

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, September 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  171. Which acute specialties contribute to high financial risk in health care commissioning

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, August 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  172. High risk categories and financial volatility in health care commissioning

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, August 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  173. Age and volatility (financial risk) in healthcare purchasing/commissioning

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, July 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  174. End of life and financial risk in health care commissioning

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, July 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  175. Cancer costs and financial risk in health care purchasing/commissioning

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, June 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  176. Gender-specific volatility in hospital admissions

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, June 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  177. The size of a maternity unit influences the average occupancy

    Article • British Journal of Midwifery, May 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  178. Are hospital inpatient costs subject to unacceptable year-to-year volatility?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, May 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  179. Do outpatient costs show cyclic behavior?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, May 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  180. Financial risk in health care commissioning is very high

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, April 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  181. Can fluctuations in the gender ratio shed light on health care costs

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, March 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  182. Hidden patterns in trends in Ambulance call-outs

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, February 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  183. Is the Health Resource Group (HRG) Tariff fit for purpose?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, January 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  184. Re-evaluating financial risk in health care commissioning

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, January 2012, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  185. Gross errors in local HRG costs create skewing in national costs

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, December 2011, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  186. Is national average a valid basis for HRG prices

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, November 2011, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  187. Short stay HRG tariff rewards over use of assessment units

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, October 2011, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  188. Emergency hospital bed occupancy shows hidden patterns of long-term volatility

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, September 2011, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  189. Death and future health care expenditure

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, September 2011, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  190. A paradigm shift for hospital bed occupancy

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, August 2011, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  191. Which English primary care organisations make lower use of acute hospital beds?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, August 2011, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  192. Unexplained international changes in hospital bed occupancy point to a common infectious source

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, July 2011, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  193. Why the need for single room hospital accommodation?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, July 2011, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  194. Everything you wanted to know about hospital bed occupancy but nobody would explain

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, June 2011, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  195. Emergency department performance and inpatient bed occupancy

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, June 2011, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  196. Death and the demand for hospital beds

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, May 2011, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  197. Ratio of bed days per death as a performance tool

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, May 2011, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  198. Could a virus be behind rising international health care costs?

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, April 2011, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  199. Long term conditions show cycles in gender-related costs

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, March 2011, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  200. Costs associated with admission into a Pediatric assessment unit

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, February 2011, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  201. Cycles in inpatient waiting time in the English NHS

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, February 2011, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  202. Impact of the A&E target in England

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, January 2011, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  203. Short stay HRG tariff encourages gaming

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, December 2010, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  204. Costs in emergency assessment units

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, December 2010, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  205. Recurring outbreaks of a novel disease in all parts of the UK

    Article • Medical Hypotheses, November 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  206. Systematic movement in the gender ratio for hospital admissions point to a common source

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, November 2010, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  207. Which categories of health care expenditure show unexplained step-like increases

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, November 2010, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  208. Forecasting A&E attendances

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, October 2010, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  209. Are assumptions in the HRG tariff contrary to real-world cost behavior

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, September 2010, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  210. Financial risk in health care commissioning

    Article • British Journal of General Practice, September 2010, Royal College of General Practitioners

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  211. Cyclic behavior of health care activity and costs

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, September 2010, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  212. Groups of diagnoses for hospital admission show similar patterns over time

    Article • Medical Hypotheses, August 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  213. Forecasting inpatient demand

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, August 2010, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  214. Forecasting year-end hospital admissions

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, July 2010, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  215. Periodic and unexpected increases in inpatient medical care

    Article • Medical Hypotheses, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  216. Benchmarking hospital length of stay in the real world

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, May 2010, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  217. A cycle of surplus and deficit in health care costs

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, April 2010, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  218. Apparent specialty-level efficiency in English hospitals

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, March 2010, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  219. Step-increases in emergency admissions

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, February 2010, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  220. Cycles in NHS deficit/surplus reflect underlying bed occupancy

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, January 2010, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  221. Diagnoses associated with higher acute bed usage in the English NHS

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, December 2009, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  222. Hospital length of stay efficiency

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, November 2009, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  223. Building smaller hospitals

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, October 2009, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  224. Techniques for maintaining an outpatient waiting time target

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, September 2009, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  225. The capacity margin and guaranteed waiting times

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, August 2009, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  226. Emergency admissions and financial risk in commissioning

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, July 2009, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  227. Why is financial risk for primary care organisations so high?

    Article • Primary Health Care Research & Development, June 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  228. Why does the NHS repeatedly run out of beds every winter

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, June 2009, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  229. Are there recurring patterns in emergency admissions

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, May 2009, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  230. Trends in emergency admissions

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, April 2009, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  231. The market forces factor fails to capture all factors relating to hospital costs

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, March 2009, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  232. Assessing hospital efficiency with the reference cost index

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, February 2009, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  233. Efficiency comparisons using English HRGs

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, January 2009, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  234. Costing orthopedic interventions

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, December 2008, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  235. Limitations of the Healthcare Resource Group (HRG) trim-point

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, November 2008, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  236. The cost within a HRG varies enormously by specialty

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, October 2008, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  237. How the HRG tariff has increased day case costs

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, September 2008, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  238. Excess bed days in the HRG tariff create financial inbalance

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, August 2008, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  239. Reducing financial risk in health care commissioning by risk sharing

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, July 2008, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  240. Risk pools to reduce financial risk in health care commissioning

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, June 2008, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  241. Financial risk in health care commissioning is high

    Article • British Journal of Healthcare Management, May 2008, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  242. The ionic nutrition of yeast

    Article • Enzyme and Microbial Technology, June 1990, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  243. Ethanol deactivates (switches-off) replicative functions in cells

    Article • Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, January 1990, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  244. Biological principles for the effects of ethanol

    Article • Enzyme and Microbial Technology, March 1989, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  245. Permeability of membranes and other tissues to ethanol

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, September 1988, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  246. The permeability of yeast and other membranes to ethanol

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, September 1988, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  247. Ethanol increases membrane fluidity

    Article • Yeast, December 1987, Wiley

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  248. Specific and osmotic effects of ethanol on yeast fermentation

    Article • Enzyme and Microbial Technology, June 1987, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  249. Role of water activity in ethanol fermentations

    Article • Biotechnology and Bioengineering, January 1986, Wiley

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  250. Ethanol has dual effects against replication and growth in yeasts

    Article • Biotechnology Letters, April 1985, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  251. Adaptation to ethanol reduces the rate of death in yeast cells

    Article • Biotechnology Letters, July 1984, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  252. Biological principles for the effects of carbon dioxide against cells

    Article • Enzyme and Microbial Technology, July 1982, Elsevier

    Dr Rodney P Jones

  253. Two yeasts are better than one in ethanol fermentation

    Article • Biotechnology Letters, May 1981, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rodney P Jones