Rowena Jacobs

Research output

Working papers

1. Maria Lucia Pace & Dan Liu & Maria Goddard & Rowena Jacobs & Raphael Wittenberg & Gerard McGonigal & Anne Mason, 2020. "The relationship between social care resources and healthcare utilisation by older people in England:an exploratory investigation," Working Papers 174cherp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
2. Jacobs, Rowena & Chalkley, Martin & Böhnke, Jan R. & Clark, Michael & Moran, Valerie & Aragón, M. J., 2019. "Measuring the activity of mental health services in England: variation in categorising activity for payment purposes," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 101333, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
3. Panos Kasteridis & Dan Liu & Anne Mason & Maria Goddard & Rowena Jacobs & Raphael Wittenberg & Daniel Howdon, 2019. "The impact of primary care incentive schemes on care home placements for people with dementia," Working Papers 164cherp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
4. Cinzi Di Novi & Rowena Jacobs & Matteo Migheli, 2018. "Smoking Inequality across Genders and Socio-economic Classes. Evidence from Longitudinal Italian Data," DEM Working Papers Series 152, University of Pavia, Department of Economics and Management.
   • Di Novi, Cinzia & Jacobs, Rowena & Migheli, Matteo, 2018. "Smoking Inequality across Genders and Socio-economic Classes. Evidence from Longitudinal Italian Data," Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers 201802, University of Turin.
5. Rowena Jacobs & Martin Chalkley & María José Aragón & Jan R. Böhnke & Mike Clark & Valerie Moran & Simon Gilbody, 2016. "Funding of mental health services: Do available data support episodic payment?," Working Papers 137cherp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
6. Kronenberg, C. & Jacobs, R. & Zucchelli, E., 2015. "The impact of a wage increase on mental health: Evidence from the UK minimum wage," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 15/08, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.
7. Panagiotis Kasteridis & Maria Goddard & Rowena Jacobs & Rita Santos & Anne Mason, 2015. "The impact of primary care quality on inpatient length of stay for people with dementia: an analysis by discharge destination," Working Papers 113cherp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
8. Cinzia Di Novi & Rowena Jacobs & Matteo Migheli, 2013. "The quality of life of female informal caregivers: from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean Sea," Working Papers 084cherp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
9. Vincenzo Carrieri & Cinzia Di Novi & Rowena Jacobs & Silvana Robone, 2012. "Well-being and psychological consequences of temporary contracts: the case of younger Italian employees," Working Papers 079cherp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
10. Rossella Verzulli & Rowena Jacobs & Maria Goddard, 2011. "Do hospitals respond to greater autonomy? Evidence from the English NHS," Working Papers 064cherp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
11. Adriana Castelli & Rowena Jacobs & Maria Goddard & Peter C Smith, 2009. "Exploring the impact of public services on quality of life indicators," Working Papers 046cherp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
12. Rowena Jacobs, 2009. "Investigating Patient Outcome Measures in Mental Health," Working Papers 048cherp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
13. Luigi Siciliani & Anderson Stanciole & Rowena Jacobs, 2008. "Do waiting times reduce hospital costs?," Discussion Papers 08/02, Department of Economics, University of York.
    • Siciliani, Luigi & Stanciole, Anderson & Jacobs, Rowena, 2009. "Do waiting times reduce hospital costs?," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 28(4), pages 771-780, July.
14. Mark Dusheiko & Maria Goddard & Hugh Gravelle & Rowena Jacobs, 2006. "Trends in health care commissioning in the English NHS: an empirical analysis," Working Papers 011cherp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
15. Rowena Jacobs & Maria Goddard & Peter C Smith, 2006. "Public services: are composite measures a robust reflection of performance in the public sector?," Working Papers 016cherp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
16. Diane Dawson & Hugh Gravelle & Mary O'Mahony & Andrew Street & Martin Weale & Adriana Castelli & Rowena Jacobs & Paul Kind & Pete Loveridge & Stephen Martin & Philip Stevens & Lucy Stokes, 2005. "Developing new approaches to measuring NHS outputs and productivity," Working Papers 006cherp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, revised Dec 2005.
17. Diane Dawson & Hugh Gravelle & Rowena Jacobs & Stephen Martin & Peter C Smith, 2005. "The effects on waiting times of expanding provider choice:evidence from a policy experiment," Working Papers 001cherp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
18. Rowena Jacobs & Peter Smith, 2004. "A descriptive analysis of general acute Trust star ratings," Working Papers 189chedp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
19. Mark Dusheiko & Hugh Gravelle & Rowena Jacobs & Peter Smith, 2003. "The Effects of Budgets on Doctors Behaviour: Evidence from a Natural Experiment," The Centre for Market and Public Organisation 03/064, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK.
    • Mark Dusheiko & Hugh Gravelle & Rowena Jacobs & Peter C Smith, "undated". "The Effect of Budgets on Doctor Behaviour: Evidence From A Natural Experiment," Discussion Papers 03/04, Department of Economics, University of York.
20. Neil Soderlund & Rowena Jacobs, 2001. "Towards panel data specifications of efficiency measures for English acute hospitals," Working Papers 185chedp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
21. Rowena Jacobs, 2000. "Alternative methods to examine hospital efficiency: Data Envelopment Analysis and Stochastic Frontier Analysis," Working Papers 177chedp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
22. Rowena Jacobs & Maria Goddard, 2000. "Social health insurance systems in European countries: the role of the insurer in the health care system: a comparative study of four European countries," Working Papers 039cheop, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.

Articles

1. Toni Mora & Rowena Jacobs & Jordi Cid & David Roche, 2025. "Risky behaviours and injuries amongst Catalan children with ADHD: does pharmacological treatment improve outcomes?," Health Economics Review, Springer, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
2. Obse, Amarech & Cleary, Susan & Jacobs, Rowena & Myers, Bronwyn, 2025. "Socioeconomic inequality in the outcomes of a psychological intervention for depression for South Africans with a co-occurring chronic disease: A decomposition analysis," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 366(C).
3. Aragón, María José & Gravelle, Hugh & Castelli, Adriana & Goddard, Maria & Gutacker, Nils & Mason, Anne & Rowen, Donna & Mannion, Russell & Jacobs, Rowena, 2024. "Measuring the overall performance of mental healthcare providers," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 344(C).
4. Claire Oliveira & Makeila Saka & Lauren Bone & Rowena Jacobs, 2023. "The Role of Mental Health on Workplace Productivity: A Critical Review of the Literature," Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, Springer, vol. 21(2), pages 167-193, March.
5. Jemimah Ride & Panos Kasteridis & Nils Gutacker & Hugh Gravelle & Nigel Rice & Anne Mason & Maria Goddard & Tim Doran & Rowena Jacobs, 2023. "Impact of prevention in primary care on costs in primary and secondary care for people with serious mental illness," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 32(2), pages 343-355, February.
6. Toni Mora & Jaume Puig-Junoy & Rowena Jacobs & Jordi Cid, 2023. "Differential costs for the non-adult ADHD population in Catalonia," Health Economics Review, Springer, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, December.
7. Rowen, Donna & Powell, Philip A. & Hole, Arne Risa & Aragon, Maria-Jose & Castelli, Adriana & Jacobs, Rowena, 2022. "Valuing quality in mental healthcare: A discrete choice experiment eliciting preferences from mental healthcare service users, mental healthcare professionals and the general population," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 301(C).
8. Joana Cruz & Guangquan Li & Maria Jose Aragon & Peter A Coventry & Rowena Jacobs & Stephanie L Prady & Piran C L White, 2022. "Association of environmental and socioeconomic indicators with serious mental illness diagnoses identified from general practitioner practice data in England: A spatial Bayesian modelling study," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(6), pages 1-27, June.
9. Dan Liu & Maria Lucia Pace & Maria Goddard & Rowena Jacobs & Raphael Wittenberg & Anne Mason, 2021. "Investigating the relationship between social care supply and healthcare utilization by older people in England," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(1), pages 36-54, January.
10. Jemimah Ride & Panagiotis Kasteridis & Nils Gutacker & Maria Jose Aragon Aragon & Rowena Jacobs, 2020. "Healthcare Costs for People with Serious Mental Illness in England: An Analysis of Costs Across Primary Care, Hospital Care, and Specialist Mental Healthcare," Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, Springer, vol. 18(2), pages 177-188, April.
11. Anika Kreutzberg & Rowena Jacobs, 2020. "Improving access to services for psychotic patients: does implementing a waiting time target make a difference," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 21(5), pages 703-716, July.
12. Cinzia Novi & Rowena Jacobs & Matteo Migheli, 2020. "Smoking inequality across genders and socio-economic positions. Evidence from Italian data," Journal of Bioeconomics, Springer, vol. 22(3), pages 177-203, October.
13. Giuseppe Moscelli & Rowena Jacobs & Nils Gutacker & Maria Jose Aragón & Martin Chalkley & Anne Mason & Jan Böhnke, 2019. "Prospective payment systems and discretionary coding—Evidence from English mental health providers," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(3), pages 387-402, March.
14. Rossella Verzulli & Rowena Jacobs & Maria Goddard, 2018. "Autonomy and performance in the public sector: the experience of English NHS hospitals," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 19(4), pages 607-626, May.
15. Valerie Moran & Rowena Jacobs, 2018. "Investigating the relationship between costs and outcomes for English mental health providers: a bi-variate multi-level regression analysis," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 19(5), pages 709-718, June.
16. Anika Reichert & Rowena Jacobs, 2018. "The impact of waiting time on patient outcomes: Evidence from early intervention in psychosis services in England," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 27(11), pages 1772-1787, November.
17. Mannion, R. & Davies, H.T.O. & Jacobs, R. & Kasteridis, P. & Millar, R. & Freeman, T., 2017. "Do Hospital Boards matter for better, safer, patient care?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 177(C), pages 278-287.
18. Obure, Carol Dayo & Jacobs, Rowena & Guinness, Lorna & Mayhew, Susannah & Vassall, Anna, 2016. "Does integration of HIV and sexual and reproductive health services improve technical efficiency in Kenya and Swaziland? An application of a two-stage semi parametric approach incorporating quality me," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 151(C), pages 147-156.
19. Panagiotis Kasteridis & Anne R Mason & Maria K Goddard & Rowena Jacobs & Rita Santos & Gerard McGonigal, 2015. "The Influence of Primary Care Quality on Hospital Admissions for People with Dementia in England: A Regression Analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(3), pages 1-14, March.
20. Moran, Valerie & Jacobs, Rowena, 2015. "Comparing the performance of English mental health providers in achieving patient outcomes," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 140(C), pages 127-135.
21. White, Jonathan & Gutacker, Nils & Jacobs, Rowena & Mason, Anne, 2014. "Hospital admissions for severe mental illness in England: Changes in equity of utilisation at the small area level between 2006 and 2010," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 243-251.
22. Castelli, Adriana & Jacobs, Rowena & Goddard, Maria & Smith, Peter C., 2013. "Health, policy and geography: Insights from a multi-level modelling approach," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 61-73.
23. Jacobs, Rowena & Mannion, Russell & Davies, Huw T.O. & Harrison, Stephen & Konteh, Fred & Walshe, Kieran, 2013. "The relationship between organizational culture and performance in acute hospitals," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 115-125.
24. Moran, Valerie & Jacobs, Rowena, 2013. "An international comparison of efficiency of inpatient mental health care systems," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 112(1), pages 88-99.
25. Siciliani, Luigi & Stanciole, Anderson & Jacobs, Rowena, 2009. "Do waiting times reduce hospital costs?," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 28(4), pages 771-780, July.
    • Luigi Siciliani & Anderson Stanciole & Rowena Jacobs, 2008. "Do waiting times reduce hospital costs?," Discussion Papers 08/02, Department of Economics, University of York.
26. Mark Dusheiko & Maria Goddard & Hugh Gravelle & Rowena Jacobs, 2008. "Explaining trends in concentration of healthcare commissioning in the English NHS," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 17(8), pages 907-926, August.
27. Rowena Jacobs & Vania Sena, 2008. "Measuring productivity under different incentive structures," International Journal of Business Performance Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 10(4), pages 366-373.
28. Giorgia Marini & Marisa Miraldo & Rowena Jacobs & Maria Goddard, 2008. "Giving greater financial independence to hospitals—does it make a difference? The case of English NHS Trusts," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 17(6), pages 751-775, June.
29. Castelli, Adriana & Dawson, Diane & Gravelle, Hugh & Jacobs, Rowena & Kind, Paul & Loveridge, Pete & Martin, Stephen & O'Mahony, Mary & Stevens, Philip Andrew & Stokes, Lucy & Street, Andrew & Weale, , 2007. "A New Approach to Measuring Health System Output and Productivity," National Institute Economic Review, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, vol. 200, pages 105-117, April.
    • Adriana Castelli & Diane Dawson & Hugh Gravelle & Rowena Jacobs & Paul Kind & Pete Loveridge & Stephen Martin & Mary O'Mahony & Philip Stevens & Lucy Stokes & Andrew Street & Martin Weale, 2007. "A New Approach To Measuring Health System Output and Productivity," National Institute Economic Review, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, vol. 200(1), pages 105-116, April.
    • Adriana Castelli & Diane Dawson & Hugh Gravelle & Rowena Jacobs & Paul Kind & Pete Loveridge & Stephen Martin & Mary O'Mahony & Philip Andrew Stevens & Lucy Stokes & Andrew Street & Martin Weale, 2007. "A new approach to measuring health system output and Productivity," National Institute Economic Review, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, vol. 200(1), pages 105-117, April.
30. Martin, Stephen & Rice, Nigel & Jacobs, Rowena & Smith, Peter, 2007. "The market for elective surgery: Joint estimation of supply and demand," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 26(2), pages 263-285, March.
31. Rowena Jacobs & Maria Goddard, 2007. "How Do Performance Indicators Add Up? An Examination of Composite Indicators in Public Services," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(2), pages 103-110, April.
32. Diane Dawson & Hugh Gravelle & Rowena Jacobs & Stephen Martin & Peter C. Smith, 2007. "The effects of expanding patient choice of provider on waiting times: evidence from a policy experiment," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 16(2), pages 113-128, February.
33. Dusheiko, Mark & Gravelle, Hugh & Jacobs, Rowena & Smith, Peter, 2006. "The effect of financial incentives on gatekeeping doctors: Evidence from a natural experiment," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 25(3), pages 449-478, May.
34. Diane Dawson & Rowena Jacobs & Stephen Martin & Peter Smith, 2006. "The impact of patient choice and waiting time on the demand for health care: results from the London Patient Choice project," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(12), pages 1363-1370.
35. Mark Dusheiko & Hugh Gravelle & Rowena Jacobs, 2004. "The effect of practice budgets on patient waiting times: allowing for selection bias," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 13(10), pages 941-958, October.
36. Rowena Jacobs & Diane Dawson, 2003. "Hospital efficiency targets," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 12(8), pages 669-684, August.
37. Diane Dawson & Rowena Jacobs, 2003. "Do We Have a Redundant Set of Cost-Efficiency Targets in the NHS?," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(1), pages 67-71, January.
38. Rowena Jacobs & Maria Goddard, 2002. "Trade‐offs in social health insurance systems," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 29(11), pages 861-875, November.
39. Andrew Street & Rowena Jacobs, 2002. "Relative performance evaluation of the English acute hospital sector," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(9), pages 1109-1119.
40. Iraj Abedian & Rowena Jacobs, 2001. "Tobacco taxes and government revenue in South Africa," Journal of Economic Studies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 28(6), pages 397-407, December.

Chapters

1. Vincenzo Carrieri & Cinzia Di Novi & Rowena Jacobs & Silvana Robone, 2014. "Insecure, Sick and Unhappy? Well-Being Consequences of Temporary Employment Contracts," Research in Labor Economics, in: Factors Affecting Worker Well-being: The Impact of Change in the Labor Market, volume 40, pages 157-193, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Books

1. Jacobs,Rowena & Smith,Peter C. & Street,Andrew, 2006. "Measuring Efficiency in Health Care," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521851442, June.