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Dr Stephen Campbell BA (Hons), MA (Econ), PhD Manchester

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Reader in Primary Care

Dr Stephen Campbell.
Reader in Primary Care
Health Sciences Research Group - Primary Care.
University of Manchester.
7th Floor: Williamson Building.
Manchester. M13 9PL.
Tel: 00 44 (0)161 275 7655
Email: stephen.campbell@manchester.ac.uk

 

Role

I am a health services researcher that has published extensively using a range of HSR methodologies on the quality of care in general practice and primary (health) care, the development and application of quality improvement strategies, and the use of quality indicators and the impact of the Quality and Outcomes Framework and other national quality initiatives. This includes two articles in the New England Journal of Medicine in the last 3 years. I have over 120 publications and 13 articles with over 100 citations on Google Scholar. I helped develop many of the quality indiciators used in the UK Quality and Outcomes Framework and set up and led the external contractor working with the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to support the ongoing development of indicators for the QOF.  I led the development of Primary Medical Care Provider Accreditation (PA) working with the Royal College of General Practitioners. I co-developed the European Practice Assessment accreditation scheme, which has received the 2009 award of the European Health Forum Gastein. This award ('European Oscar for healthcare') is given to major innovations in European healthcare. I am Postgraduate Research Tutor for Primary Care and teach Primary Health Care on the Manchester MPH. I hold a join contract at The University of Heidelberg as Associate Professor and an honorary contract at the University of Nijmegan.

 

Memberships of Committees and Professional Bodies


Research

My research interests focus on quality of care in primary (health) care, particularly general practice, accreditation, quality assessment and quality improvement, incentivisation/pay-for-performance and patient perspectives. I have an interest in chronic disease management and comorbidity. I have been involved in developing methods of measuring quality including quality indicators and questionnaires. I am involved in ongoing collaborations with colleagues across Europe, America and Australia.

 

Methodological Knowledge

  • Quality improvement
  • Accreditation
  • Audit/Evaluation
  • Qualitative
  • Quantitative
  • Systematic reviews/evidence based practice
 

Teaching

Postgraduate Research Tutor- Health Sciences Primary Care

Primary health care module on MPH

 

Biography

I qualified with a degree in Public Administration from De Montfort University in Leicester in 1987. I then completed a Masters (MA Econ) course in local government at the University of Manchester in 1990. After working for a health authority I joined the University as a researcher in 1993 as a research associate at the Department of General Practice. In 1996 I moved to the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, where I was a research fellow and now senior research fellow. I obtained my PhD from the University of Manchester in 2002 on quality of care in general practice.

I am the course moderator for the Primary Health Care Module of the Masters in Public Health/Masters in Research. I am deeply committed to an explicit focus on primary care in the MPH. I am postgraduate research tutor for primary care

I hold a jointcontract at the Department of General Practice, University of Heidelberg, Germany


I worked at the  National Primary Care Research and Development Centre between 1996 and 2010 and I work currently at the Health Sciences Research Group - Primary Care. My main research interests focus on the quality and safety of primary care and the development and application of quality measures and quality improvement strategies.

 

Qualifications

BA (Hons, First), MA (Econ), PhD

 

Collaborators and affiliated staff


 

Selected publications

2011

  • 100. Campbell SM, Fuat A, Summerton N, Lancaster N, Hobbs FDR. (2011). Diagnostic triage and the role of natriuretic peptide and echocardiography for suspected heart failure: an appropriateness ratings evaluation by UK. Br J Gen Pract, 61(588), 427-435. eScholarID:139155 | DOI:10.3399/bjgp11X583218
  • 101. Avery AJ, Dex G, Mulvaney G, Serumaga , Spencer R, Lester H, Campbell SM. (2011). Development of prescribing safety indicators for general practitioners using RAND Appropriateness Method. Br J Gen Pract, 61(589), 526-536. eScholarID:139156 | DOI:10.3399/bjgp11X588501
  • 105. Vončina L, Strizrep T, Godman B, Bennie M, Bishop I, Campbell SM, Vlahović- Palčevski V, Gustafsson L. (2011). Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes research. Influence of prescribing restrictions and other demand side measures to enhance renin-angiotensin prescribing efficiency in Europe: implications for other countries. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res, 11(4), 469-479. eScholarID:139160
  • 106. Tacken M, Mulder J; Verheij R, Heijnen ML, Campbell SM, Braspenning, J. (2011). Dutch vaccination rate seasonal influenza not affected by A(H1N1) epidemic vaccinations. Prev Med, 52(2), 184-185. eScholarID:139161 | DOI:10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.12.004
  • 108. Steinhaeuser J, Goetz K, Ose D, Glassen K, Natanzon I, Campbell S, Szecsenyi J, Miksch A. (2011). Applicability of the assessment of chronic illness care (ACIC) instrument in Germany resulting in a new questionnaire: questionnaire of chronic illness care in primary care. BMC Health Services Research, 11(164doi:10.1186/1472-6963-11-164), eScholarID:139163
  • 94. Ludt S. van Lesihout J, Campbell SM, Petek D, Laux G, Kunzi B, Glehr M, Wensing M. (2011). Recording of risk factors and lifestyle counselling in patients at high risk for cardiovascular diseases in European primary care. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation 2011, DOI: 10.1177/1741826711400510, eScholarID:139149
  • 95. Campbell SM, Hannon K, Lester HE. (2011). Exception reporting in the Quality and Outcomes Framework: views of practice staff - a qualitative study. Br J Gen Pract, 61(585), 183-189. eScholarID:139150 | DOI:10.3399/bjgp11X567117
  • 96. Ludt S, Campbell SM, van Lieshout J, Grol R, Szecsenyi J, Wensing M. (2011). Development and pilot of an internationally standardized measure of cardiovascular risk management in European primary care. BMC Health Services Research, 11(11:70doi:10.1186/1472-6963-11-70), eScholarID:139151
  • 97. Doran T, Kontopantelis E, Valderas J, Campbell SM, Roland MO, Salisbury C, Reeves D. (2011). The effect of financial incentives on incentivized and non-incentivized clinical activities. Evidence from the UK’s Quality and Outcomes Framework. British Medical Journal, 342:d3590 doi: 10.1136/bmj.d3590, eScholarID:139152 | DOI:10.1136/bmj.d3590
  • 98. Hannon K, Lester H, Campbell SM. (2011). Recording patient preferences for end-of-life care as an incentivised quality indicator: what do general practice staff think? Palliat Med, eScholarID:139153
  • Campbell SM, Kontopantelis E, Hannon KL, Barber A, Burke M, Lester HE. (2011). Framework and indicator testing protocol for developing and piloting quality indicators for the UK Quality and Outcomes Framework. BMC Fam Pract, 12(1), eScholarID:139162
  • Goetz K, Campbell SM, Steinhaeuser J, Broge B, Willms S, Szecsenyi J. (2011). Does a quality management system improve quality in primary care practices? Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2011, eScholarID:133530
  • Goetz K, Campbell SM, Steinhaeuser J, Broge B, Willms S, Szecsenyi J. (2011). Does accreditation improve quality in primary care practices? Canadian Medical Association Journal, DOI:10.1503/cmaj.110412, eScholarID:139164 | DOI:10.1503/cmaj.110412
  • Kuehlein T, Laux G, Gutscher A, Campbell SM, Goetz K, Szecsenyi J, Steinhaeuser J. (2011). Diuretics for hypertension - an inconsistency in primary care prescribing behavior. Curr Med Res Opin, 27(3), 497-502. eScholarID:139159 | DOI:10.1185/03007995.2010.547932
  • Lester H, Hannon K, Campbell SM. (2011). Identifying unintended consequences of quality indicators: a qualitative study. BMJ Qual Saf, doi:10.1136/bmjqs.2010.048371, eScholarID:139157
  • Szecsenyi J, Goetz K, Campbell SM, Broge B, Reuschenbach B, Wensing M. (2011). Is the job satisfaction of primary care team members associated with patient satisfaction? BMJ Qual Saf, 20(6), 508-514. eScholarID:139158 | DOI:10.1136/bmjqs.2009.038166

2010

  • Campbell SM, Lester H. (2010). Developing QOF indicators and the concept of Qofability. he Quality and Outcomes Framework: transforming general practice. (pp. 16-30). Radcliffe Publishing. eScholarID:139170
  • 99. Van Lieshout J, Goldfracht M, Campbell SM, Ludt S, Wensing M. (2010). Primary care characteristics and population orientated healthcare across Europe: An observational study. Br J Gen Pract, DOI: 10.3399/bjgp11X548938., eScholarID:139154
  • Campbell SM, Chauhan U, Lester HE. (2010). Primary Medical Care Provider Accreditation (PMCPA): Pilot evaluation. British Journal of General Practice, 60, 295-304. eScholarID:93490 | DOI:10.3399/bjgp10X514800
  • Campbell SM, Kontopantelis E, Reeves D, Valderas JM, Gaehl E, Small N, Roland MO. (2010). Changes in patient experiences of primary care during health service reforms in England between 2003 and 2007. Annals of Family Medicine, 8, 499-506. eScholarID:133528 | DOI:10.1370/afm.1145
  • Campbell SM, Scott A, Parker R, Naccarella L, Furler js, Young D, Sivey P. (2010). Implementing pay-for-performance in Australian primary care: lessons from the United Kingdom and the United States. Medical Journal of Australia, 193(7), 408-411. eScholarID:133534
  • ChauhanU, C., , K., , C., , J. & , L (2010). Health checks in primary care for adults with intellectual disabilities: how extensive should they be? Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 54(6), 479-486. eScholarID:84210 | DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2788.2010.01263.x
  • Doran T, Campbell SM, Fullwood C, Kontapantelis E, Roland M. (2010). The performance of small general practices under the UK's Quality and Outcomes Framework. Br J Gen Pract, 60, e335. eScholarID:93498 | DOI:10.3399/bjgp10X515340
  • ElstadEA, E., , L., , M., , C., , v. & , M (2010). What do physicians gain (and lose) with experience? Qualitative results from a cross-national study of diabetes. Social Science and Medicine, 70(11), 1728-1736. eScholarID:84211 | DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.014
  • Lester H, Schmittdiel J, Selby J, Fireman B, Campbell S, Lee J , Whippy A , Madvig P. (2010). The impact of removing financial incentives from clinical quality indicators: longitudinal analysis of four Kaiser Permanente indicators. British Medical Journal, 340(7755), 1072. eScholarID:133529
  • LesterH, L. & , C (2010). Developing Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) indicators and the concept of 'QOFability'. Quality in Primary Care, 18(2), 103-109. eScholarID:84212
  • LesterH, L., , S., , S., , F., , C., , L., , W. & , M (2010). The impact of removing financial incentives from clinical quality indicators: longitudinal analysis of four Kaiser Permanente indicators. British Medical Journal, 340(7755), 1072. eScholarID:84213 | DOI:10.1136/bmj.c1898
  • MikschA, M., , L., , O., , J., , C., , R. & , S (2010). Is there a survival benefit within a German primary care-based disease management program? American Journal of Managed Care, 16(1), 49-54. eScholarID:84214
  • NatanzonI, N., , O., , S., , C., , R. & , J (2010). Does GPs' self-perception of their professional role correspond to their social self-image? - a qualitative study from Germany. BMC Family Practice, 11(10), eScholarID:84215 | DOI:10.1186/1471-2296-11-10
  • Peters-KlimmF, P., , C., , H., , K., , M., , S. & Conference, N (2010). Case management for patients with chronic systolic heart failure in primary care: The HICMan exploratory randomised controlled trial. Trials, 11(56), eScholarID:84216 | DOI:10.1186/1745-6215-11-56
  • Reeves D, Doran T, Valderas JM, Kontopantelis E, Trueman P, Sutton M, Campbell SM, Lester H. (2010). Updating clinical performance frameworks: developing a rationale for removing indicators. British Medical Journal, 340, 1717. eScholarID:93489
  • ReevesD, R., , D., , V., , K., , T., , S., , C. & , L (2010). How to identify when a performance indicator has run its course. British Medical Journal, 340(7752), 899-901. eScholarID:84217 | DOI:10.1136/bmj.c1717
  • von, d., , G., , L., , M., , R., , C., , S., , d. & , M (2010). Differences in the diagnosis and management of type 2 diabetes in 3 countries (US, UK, and Germany): results from a factorial experiment. Medical Care, 48(4), 321-326. eScholarID:84218 | DOI:10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181ca3ffc

2009

  • Campbell SM, Reeves D, Kontopantelis E, Sibbald B, Roland M. (2009). Campbell SM, Reeves D, Kontopantelis E, Sibbald B, Roland M. Impact of pay-for-performance on quality of English primary care: interrupted time series analysis. New England Journal of Medicine, 361, 368-378. eScholarID:61556
  • Campbell SM, Reeves D, Kontopantelis E, Sibbald B, Roland M. (2009). Impact of pay-for-performance on quality of English primary care: interrupted time series analysis. New England Journal of Medicine, 361, 368-378. eScholarID:133526
  • Cronin E; Campbell SM, Ashworth M, Hann M, Blashki G, Murray J, Tylee A. (2009). Tale of Two Systems: Perceptions of primary care for depression in London and Melbourne. Family Practice, 26, 210-220. eScholarID:93495 | DOI:10.1093/fampra/cmp017
  • Gemmell I, Campbell S, Hann M, Sibbald B. (2009). Gemmell I, Campbell S, Hann M, Sibbald B. Assessing workload in English general practice before and after the introduction of pay-for-performance. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65, 509-515. eScholarID:61600 | DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04902.x
  • Harris RV, Dancer JM, Smith D, Campbell S. (2009). The use of conversation mapping to frame key perceptual issues facing the general dental practice system in England. Community Dental Health, 26, 84-91. eScholarID:93494
  • Lester H, Campbell SM, McDonald R. (2009). The present state and future direction of primary care: a qualitative study of General Practitioners' views. British Journal of General Practice, 59, 908-915. eScholarID:93493 | DOI:10.3399/bjgp09X473060
  • McDonald ER, Campbell SM, Lester HE. (2009). Practice nurses and the effects of the new General Practitioner contract in the English National Health Service: the extension of a professional project? Social Science and Medicine, 68, 1206-1212. eScholarID:1d18251 | DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.039
  • McDonald R, Lester HE, Campbell S. (2009). McDonald R, Lester HE, Campbell S. Practice nurses and the effects of the new general practitioner contract in the English National Health Service: the extension of a professional project? Social Science and Medicine, 68, 1206-12. eScholarID:61593 | DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.039
  • Olbort R, Mahler C, Campbell S, Reuschenbach B, Müller-Tasch T, Szecsenyi J, Peters-Klimm F. (2009). Doctors' assistants' views of case management to improve chronic heart failure care in general practice: a qualitative study. J Adv Nurs, 65, 799-808. eScholarID:61584 | DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04934.x
  • Peters-Klimm F, Campbell S, Muller-Tasch T, Schellberg D, Gelbrich G, Herzog W, Szecsenyi J. (2009). Peters-Klimm F, Campbell S, Muller-Tasch T, Schellberg D, Gelbrich G, Herzog W, Szecsenyi J. Primary care-based multifaceted, interdisciplinary medical educational intervention for patients with systolic heart failure: lessons learned from a cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials, 10, 68. eScholarID:61533 | DOI:10.1186/1745-6215-10-68
  • Peters-Klimm F, Olbort R, Campbell S, Mahler C, Miksch A, Baldauf A, Szecsenyi J. (2009). Peters-Klimm F, Olbort R, Campbell S, Mahler C, Miksch A, Baldauf A, Szecsenyi J.Physicians' view of primary care-based case management for patients with heart failure: a qualitative study. Int J Qual Health Care, eScholarID:61544
  • Peters-Klimm F, Olbort R, Campbell S, Mahler C, Miksch A, Baldauf A, Szecsenyi J. (2009). Physicians' view of primary care-based case management for patients with heart failure: a qualitative study. Int J Qual Health Care, 21, 363-371. eScholarID:93497 | DOI:10.1093/intqhc/mzp032
  • van Lieshout J, Wensing M, Campbell SM, Grol R. (2009). van Lieshout J, Wensing M, Campbell SM, Grol R. Strength of primary care associated with organising and improving cardiovascular care risk and disease management. American Journal of Managed Care, 15, 255-26215. eScholarID:61609
  • Wensing M, Ludt S, Campbell S, Van Lieshout , Volbracht E, Grol R. (2009). Wensing M, Ludt S, Campbell S, Van Lieshout , Volbracht E, Grol R. European Practice Assessment of Cardiovascular risk management (EPA Cardio): protocol of an international observational study in primary care. Implementation Science, 4(3), eScholarID:61616

2007

  • Campbell SM, Reeves D, Kontopantelis E, Middleton E, Sibbald BS, Roland M. (2007). Improvements in clinical quality in English primary care before and after the introduction of a pay for performance scheme: longitudinal study. New England Journal of Medicine, 357(2), 181-190. eScholarID:1d14936
  • Reeves D, Campbell SM, J Adams, P Shekelle, Roland M. (2007). Comparison of composite measures of clinical quality in primary care. Medical Care, 45, 489-496. eScholarID:1d14968

2003

  • Marshall MN, ShekelleP, McGlynnEA, Campbell SM, BrookRH, Roland M. (2003). Can health care quality indicators be transferred beteen countries? Quality and Safety in Health Care, 12, 1, eScholarID:1d5471

2001

  • Roland M, Campbell SM, Hann M, J Hacker, C Burns, D Oliver, A Thapar. (2001). Identifying predictors of high quality care in English general practice: observational study. British Medical Journal, 323(7316), 784-787. eScholarID:1d23549 | DOI:10.1136/bmj.323.7316.784

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