Dr Stephen Allan
About
I am a Senior Research Fellow at COREc (previously PSSRU) within the University of Kent’s School of Social Sciences. I am a social and health care economist with particular research interests in market supply/sustainability, workforce and care outcomes in social care. Since joining in 2010, I have led research for the NIHR Policy Research Units in Economics of Social and Health Care Policy (ESHCRU) and Adult Social Care (ASCRU) and worked on a number of national research projects funded by NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme, Health Foundation and NIHR School for Social Care Research (SSCR). I am the social care co-lead to the REAL Supply Research Unit and a member of both the management group for ASCRU and the ASCOT team.
My recent research includes: the relationship between staffing factors and provider quality and care outcomes; the impact of competition and its effects on price, quality and closure in social care markets; and exploring care home prices and differences between private and public fees. My Google Scholar profile can be found here.
Selected research projects
- The benefits and costs of domiciliary care. Co-investigator (NIHR Policy Research Programme, £1.6m)
- Adult Social Care Research Unit 2, Co-investigator (NIHR Policy Research Programme, £5.5m)
- Kent Research Partnership, Co-investigator (NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme, £1.7m).
- Adult Social Care Research Unit, Co-investigator (NIHR Policy Research Programme, £5m)
- Retention and Sustainability of Social Care Workforce (RESSCW), Co-investigator ( Health Foundation, £499,000)
- Measuring and Improving Care Home Quality, Co-investigator (NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme, £712,000).
The influence of social care on delayed transfer of care (DTOC) among older people, Co-investigator (NIHR School for Social Care Research, £298,000).