Dr Evan Kontopantelis PhD.
Research Fellow
- Email: e.kontopantelis@manchester.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)161 275 7646
- Fax: +44 (0) 161 27 57600
Health Sciences Primary Care Research Group
University of Manchester
5th floor Williamson Building
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
Role
I work with large-scale primary care databases (PCDs) to investigate improtant health care issues: the effect of monetary incentives on quality of care, predictors of cancer, cancer screening utilisation, care for people with severe mental ilnesses.
From a statistical perspective I'm mainly interested in structured equation modelling, reliability analysis, simulations, bootstrapping, interrupted time series, meta-analysis and PCD validity research.
I am currently on a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Training Fellowship, until October 2013. The fellowship gives me the opportunity to freely expand my horizons in any aspect of health research and to actively seek external collaborations.
Qualifications
PhD in Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Information Technology Section. Thesis: An application of statistics, artificial neural networks and dynamic measures in psychiatric diagnosis
MSc in Computer Engineering, N.T.U.A., Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Information Technology Section
Degree in Statistical Science, University of Piraeus
Selected publications
2011
- Arora R, Kontopantelis E, Alston R, Eden T, Geraci M and Birch J. (2011). Relationship between height at diagnosis and bone tumours in young people: A meta-analysis. Cancer Causes and Control, 22(5), 681-688. eScholarID:134398 | DOI:10.1007/s10552-011-9740-9
- Doran T, Kontopantelis E, Valderas J, Campbell S, Roland M, Salisbury C and Reeves D. (2011). Effect of financial incentives on incentivised and non-incentivised clinical activities: longitudinal analysis of data from the UK Quality and Outcomes Framework. British Medical Journal, 342(d3590), eScholarID:134403
- Furber CM, McGowan LL, Bower PJ, Kontopantelis E, Quenby S and Lavender T. (2011). Antenatal interventions for reducing weight in obese women for improving pregnancy outcome (Protocol). Cochrane Database for Systematic Reviews, 10(CD009334), eScholarID:134405
- Kontopantelis E, Doran T, Gravelle H, Goudie R, Siciliani L and Sutton M. (In-press). Family doctor responses to changes in incentives for influenza immunization under the Quality and Outcomes Framework pay-for-performance scheme. Health Services Research, eScholarID:134407
- Webb RT, Kontopantelis E, Doran T, Qin P, Creed F, Kapur N. (In-press). Suicide risk in primary care patients diagnosed with major physical diseases. Archives of General Psychiatry, eScholarID:134406
2010
- Campbell S, Kontopantelis E, Reeves D, Valderas J, Gaehl E, Small N and Roland M. (2010). Patient experiences of primary care during health service reforms in England between 2003 and 2007. Annals of Family Medicine, eScholarID:93476
- Chauhan U, Kontopantelis E, Jarrett H, Campbell S and Lester H. (2010). Health checks in primary care for adults with intellectual disabilities: how extensive should they be? An exploratory study. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 54(6), 479-486. eScholarID:83056 | DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2788.2010.01263.x
- Doran T, Campbell S, Fullwood C, Kontopantelis E and Roland M. (2010). The experience of small family practices under the UK’s pay-for-performance programme. Analysis of longitudinal data from the Quality and Outcomes Framework. British Journal of General Practice, 60(578), e335-e344. eScholarID:93477
- Kontopantelis E and Reeves D. (2010). metaan: random effects meta-analysis. The STATA Journal, 10(3), 395-407. eScholarID:93481
- Kontopantelis E and Reeves D. (2010). Performance of statistical methods for meta-analysis when true study effects are non-normally distributed: A simulation study. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, eScholarID:134397
- Kontopantelis E, Roland M and Reeves D. (2010). Patient experience of access to primary care: identification of predictors in a national patient survey. BMC Family Practice, 11(61), eScholarID:93478
- Reeves D, Doran T, Valderas J, Kontopantelis E, Trueman P, Sutton M, Campbell S and Lester H. (2010). How to identify when a performance indicator has run its course. BMJ, 340, 1717. eScholarID:83053 | DOI:10.1136/bmj.c1717
2009
- Campbell S, Reeves D, Kontopantelis E, Sibbald B and Roland M. (2009). Effects of Pay for Performance on the Quality of Primary Care in England. New England Journal of Medicine, 361(4), 368-378. eScholarID:75368 | DOI:10.1056/NEJMsa0807651
- Kontopantelis E and Reeves D. (2009). MetaEasy: A meta-analysis add-in for Microsoft Excel. Journal of Statistical Software, 30(7), 1-25. eScholarID:75367
- Kontopantelis E, Reeves D. (2009). Patient Satisfaction with Primary Care: An analysis of the 2007-08 GP Patient Survey data. Department of Health. eScholarID:75370
2008
- Doran T, Fullwood C, Kontopantelis E, Reeves D. (2008). The effect of financial incentives on inequality in the delivery of primary clinical care in England. Lancet, 372( 9640), 728-736. eScholarID:1d17829 | DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61123-X
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
2006
- Doran TT, Fullwood C, Gravelle H, Reeves D, Kontopantelis E, Hiroeh U, Roland M. (2006). Pay-for-performance programs in family practices in the United Kingdom. New England Journal of Medicine, 355( 4), 375-84. eScholarID:1d13917 | DOI:10.1056/NEJMsa055505
Research projects
- Comparison of incentive schemes for immunisations
- Developing the quality and outcomes framework
- Introduction of the English Directly Enhanced Service for Learning Disability: Monitoring the public health impact and exploring patients' and carers' and professionals' views on access to and quality of health care
- Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF): has it reduced quality of care for non-incentivised activities?
- Skill mix in primary care (continued as a Cochrane Review)