Address:

MRC Biostatistics Unit,
Institute of Public Health,
University Forvie Site,
Robinson Way,
Cambridge. UK.
CB2 0SR

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Research Interests:

Bayesian methods, evaluation of healthcare interventions, risk communication, healthcare regulation, healthcare surveillance

Selected Recent Publications:

H E Jones and D J Spiegelhalter. Accounting for regression-to-the-mean in tests for recent changes in institutional performance: analysis and power. Statistics in Medicine, 28: 1645-1667, 2009.

D J Spiegelhalter and A Barnett. London murders: a predictable pattern? Significance, 6:5-8, 2008.

D Lunn, N G Best, D J Spiegelhalter, G Graham, and B Neuenschwander. Combining MCMC and `sequential' PK-PD modelling. Journal Pharmaceutical Statistics, 36: 19-38, 2009.

M Bardsley, C Sherlaw-Johnson, I Blunt, and D J Spiegelhalter. Who does the Healthcare Commission inspect? Quality and Safety in Health Care, (in press), 2009.

 J P T Higgins, S G Thompson, and D J Spiegelhalter. A re-evaluation of random-effects meta-analysis . J. Royal Statistical Soc. Series A-statistics In Soc. 172:137-159, 2009.

O A Grigg, D J Spiegelhalter, and H E Jones. Local and Marginal Control Charts applied to MRSA Bacteraemia Reports in UK Acute NHS Trusts. J. Royal Statistical Soc. Series A-statistics In Soc., 172:49:66, 2009.

R M Turner, D J Spiegelhalter, G C S Smith, and S G Thompson. Bias modelling in evidence synthesis. J. Royal Statistical Soc. Series A-statistics In Soc.,172:23-47, 2009.