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Friebel, Rocco, Hargest, R (2025). World Health Organization recognition for Global Surgery Policy Unit. Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 107(6), 310 - 312. https://doi.org/10.1308/rcsbull.2025.114

Wallenburg, Iris, Friebel, Rocco, Henschke, Cornelia, Kristensen, Søren Rud, Nicińska, Anna, Or, Zeynep (2023). Special issue: On the roof top of health policy change: overlooking 21 years of the European Health Policy Group. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 18(4), 342 - 344. https://doi.org/10.1017/S174413312300018X

Kebede, Meskerem Aleka, Ifeanyichi, Martilord, Bognini, Maeve Sophia, Singh, Darshita, Friebel, Rocco, Tor, Deng Simon Garang, Aklilu, Tesfamariam, Petros, Adane, Aderaw, Ezekiel & Emodi, Rosemary et al (2023). Identifying critical gaps in research to advance global surgery by 2030: a systematic mapping review. [Dataset]. figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6821378

Marks, I. H., Kanya, L., Singh, D., Saleh, R., Friebel, R., Hargest, R. (2023). O107 Surgical workforce in conflict: qualitative perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa. British Journal of Surgery, 110(Supplement_3), iii28 - iii29. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znad101.107

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Sarabu, Shreeja, Bognini, Maeve Sophia, Kebede, Meskerem Aleka, Ifeanyichi, Martilord, Hargest, Rachel, Friebel, Rocco (2026). Strengthening health systems for displaced populations: a systematic review of access to surgical care in low- and middle-income countries. Social Science & Medicine, 388, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118705 picture_as_pdf

Wallenburg, Iris, Friebel, Rocco (2026). Preparing for uncertainty and health system responses: a new year for Health Economics, Policy and Law. Health Economics, Policy and Law, https://doi.org/10.1017/s1744133125100340 picture_as_pdf

Hargest, Rachel, Friebel, Rocco (2025). Controversies and conundrums in global surgery. British Journal of Surgery, 112(Supplement_15), xv1 - xv2. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf206 picture_as_pdf

Kebede, Meskerem A., Beyene, Andualem D., Ifeanyichi, Martilord, Bognini, Maeve, Takele, Melese, Hargest, Rachel, Friebel, Rocco (2025). Political economy analysis of Ethiopia's Integrated Emergency Surgical Officer programme. British Journal of Surgery, 112(Supplement 15), xv41 - xv42. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf220 picture_as_pdf

Anderson, Michael, Wimmer, Sabrina, Pittam, Bradley, Henschke, Cornelia, Sutton, Matt, Rapp, Thomas, Gutacker, Nils, Friebel, Rocco (2025). The relationship between healthcare provider ownership and performance in high-income countries: an umbrella review. Health Economics, Policy and Law, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744133125100315 picture_as_pdf

Ifeanyichi, Martilord, Reissis, Yannis, Hakim, Rebecca, Bognini, Maeve, Kebede, Meskerem, Hargest, Rachel, Friebel, Rocco (2025). Economic value of international missions and domestic initiatives to strengthen surgical care in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review. BJS open, 112(Supplement 15), xv18 - xv29. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf207 picture_as_pdf

Marks, Isobel H., Kanya, Lucy, Singh, Darshita, Saleh, Raoof, Friebel, Rocco, Hargest, Rachel (2025). Qualitative perspectives (on incoming medical teams during conflict) from surgeons in the Middle East and North Africa. British Journal of Surgery, 112(Supplement 15), xv35 - xv40. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf209 picture_as_pdf

McKnight, Gerard, Daoud, Hassan Ali, Friebel, Rocco, Hargest, Rachel (2025). Training needs analysis of surgical teams in Somaliland. British Journal of Surgery, 112(Supplement_15), xv43 - xv49. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf216 picture_as_pdf

Friebel, Rocco, Wallenburg, Iris (2025). Incremental choices, system-wide impact on health system performance. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 20(4), 327 - 329. https://doi.org/10.1017/s174413312510025x picture_as_pdf

Jain, Swati, Hargest, Rachel, Friebel, Rocco, Ifeanyichi, Martilord, Menon, Raj, Hutchinson, Prof Peter (2025). 1557 Assessing the economic burden of TBI - a proposed strategy and preliminary results. Brain and Spine, 5(Supplement 2), p. 77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bas.2025.105096 picture_as_pdf

Wallenburg, Iris, Friebel, Rocco (2025). The mixed legacy of managed competition: between policy and practice. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 20(2), 85 - 87. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1744133125100169 picture_as_pdf

Espinosa, Oscar, Friebel, Rocco, Bejarano, Valeria, García, Johnattan (2025). Estimating inequalities in excess mortality and years of potential life lost by health conditions across ethnic minorities in Colombia: a population-based study, 2018-2022. BMJ Open, 15(7). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-098028 picture_as_pdf

Kebede, Meskerem, Friebel, Rocco (17 July 2025) The overlooked burden of birth defects in addressing newborn mortality. Global Health at LSE. picture_as_pdf

Friebel, Rocco, Wallenburg, Iris (2025). Why procedural fairness is essential to financing universal health coverage. Health economics, policy, and law, 20(1), 1 - 3. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744133125000064 picture_as_pdf

Betemariam, Tesfamariam, Aleka, Abeba, Ahmed, Ekram, Worku, Tinsae, Mebrahtu, Yonas, Androulakis, Emmanuel, Petersen, Steffen E, Friebel, Rocco (2025). Barriers to cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging scan performance and reporting by cardiologists: a systematic literature review. European Heart Journal - Imaging Methods and Practice, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjimp/qyaf010 picture_as_pdf

Wimmer, Sabrina, Sarabu, Shreeja, Calvello Hynes, Emilie, Plummer, Mary Louisa, Bognini, Maeve, Kebede, Meskerem, Ifeanyichi, Martilord, Daoud, Hassan, Dahir, Mariam & Hargest, Rachel et al (2025). Global burden of emergency and operative conditions: an analysis of Global Burden of Disease data, 2011–2019. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 103(3), 194 - 203. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.24.292412 picture_as_pdf

Rage, Hamze Ibrahim, Friebel, Rocco, Jha, Pranaw Kumar (2025). Global perspective on dialysis: Somaliland. Kidney360, 6(2), 313 - 316. https://doi.org/10.34067/KID.0000000619 picture_as_pdf

Wallenburg, Iris, Friebel, Rocco (2025). Navigating health systems in times of inequality and uncertainty… and how we go from here. Health economics, policy, and law, 19(4), 407 - 408. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744133125000015 picture_as_pdf

Friebel, Rocco, Wallenburg, Iris (2024). Politics in all policies: how healthcare is shaped by political (in)action. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 19(3), 289 - 291. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744133124000240 picture_as_pdf

Espinosa, Oscar, Friebel, Rocco, Bejarano, Valeria, Arias, Martha Liliana, Husereau, Don, Smith, Adrian (2024). Study on the concentration, distribution, and persistence of health spending for the contributory scheme in Colombia. BMC Health Services Research, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11636-2 picture_as_pdf

Ifeanyichi, Martilord, Mosso Lara, Jose, Tenkorang, Phyllis, Kebede, Meskerem, Bognini, Maeve, Abdelhabeeb, Alshaheed, Amaechina, Uchenna Ogechi, Ambreen, Faiza, Sarabu, Shreeja & Oladimeji, Taiwo et al (2024). Cost-effectiveness of surgical interventions in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and critical analysis of recent evidence. BMJ Global Health, 9(10). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-016439 picture_as_pdf

Tafesse, Surafeal, Friebel, Rocco, Gebrecherkos, Yonas Mebratu, Betemariam, Tesfamariam Aklilu, Leake, Tsegzeab, Kebede, Meskerem Aleka (2024). Quality of life and its associated factors among children with spina bifida in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study to inform policy and practice. World Neurosurgery, 189, e253 - e259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2024.06.028 picture_as_pdf

Wallenburg, Iris, Friebel, Rocco (2024). Value assessment and decision-making how to move health systems forward? Health Economics, Policy and Law, 19(2), 151 - 152. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744133124000082 picture_as_pdf

Ifeanyichi, Martilord, Dim, Cyril, Bognini, Maeve, Kebede, Meskerem, Singh, Darshita, Onwujekwe, Obinna, Hargest, Rachel, Friebel, Rocco (2024). Can sugar taxes be used for financing surgical systems in Nigeria? A mixed-methods political economy analysis. Health Policy and Planning, 39(5), 509 - 518. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czae021 picture_as_pdf

McKnight, Gerard, Friebel, Rocco, Marks, Isobel, Almaqadma, Ahmed, Youssef Seleem, Mohamed, Tientcheu, Tim Fabrice, Saleh, Raoof, Ryan-Coker, Marcella, Emodi, Rosemary & Seida, Mai et al (2024). Defining humanitarian surgery: international consensus in global surgery. British Journal of Surgery, 111(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znae024 picture_as_pdf

Friebel, Rocco, Wallenburg, Iris (2024). … and in with the new. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 19(1), 1 - 2. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744133123000361 picture_as_pdf

Yoo, Katelyn Jison, Lee, Yoonkyoung, Lee, Seulbi, Friebel, Rocco, Shin, Soon ae, Lee, Taejin, Bishai, David (2023). The road to recovery: impact of COVID-19 on healthcare utilization in South Korea in 2016–2022 using an interrupted time-series analysis. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 41, p. 100904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100904 picture_as_pdf

Bognini, Maeve S, Oko, Christian I, Kebede, Meskerem A, Ifeanyichi, Martilord I, Singh, Darshita, Hargest, Rachel, Friebel, Rocco (2023). Assessing the impact of anaesthetic and surgical task-shifting globally: a systematic literature review. Health Policy and Planning, 38(8), 960 - 994. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czad059 picture_as_pdf

Wallenburg, Iris, Friebel, Rocco, Winblad, Ulrika, Maynou Pujolras, Laia, Bal, Roland (2023). Nurses are seen as general cargo, not the smart TVs you ship carefully': the politics of nurse staffing in England, Spain, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 18(4), 411 - 425. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744133123000178 picture_as_pdf

Kebede, Meskerem Aleka, Tor, Deng Simon Garang, Aklilu, Tesfamariam, Petros, Adane, Ifeanyichi, Martilord, Aderaw, Ezekiel, Bognini, Maeve Sophia, Singh, Darshita, Emodi, Rosemary & Hargest, Rachel et al (2023). Identifying critical gaps in research to advance global surgery by 2030: a systematic mapping review. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09973-9 picture_as_pdf

Sayour, Alex Ali, Tokodi, Márton, Celeng, Csilla, Takx, Richard A.p., Fábián, Alexandra, Lakatos, Bálint K., Friebel, Rocco, Surkova, Elena, Merkely, Béla, Kovács, Attila (2023). Association of right ventricular functional parameters with adverse cardiopulmonary outcomes - a meta-analysis. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 36(6), 624 - 633.e8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2023.01.018 picture_as_pdf

Kebede, Meskerem, Beyene, Andualem, Kedir, Nurhusen, Abegaz, Bethelhem, Friebel, Rocco (2023). Organizational peer support to enable rehabilitating surgical services in Northern Ethiopia. BMJ, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-023-00515-y picture_as_pdf

Friebel, Rocco, Maynou, Laia (2022). Assessing the dangers of a hospital stay for patients with developmental disability In England, 2017-19. Health affairs (Project Hope), 41(10), 1486 - 1495. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00493 picture_as_pdf

Friebel, Rocco, Fistein, Jon, Maynou, Laia, Anderson, Michael (2022). Emergency contracting and the delivery of elective care services across the English National Health Service and independent sector during COVID-19: a descriptive analysis. BMJ Open, 12(7). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055875 picture_as_pdf

Friebel, Rocco, Maynou-Pujolras, Laia (2022). Trends and characteristics of hospitalisations from the harmful use of opioids in England between 2008 and 2018: population-based retrospective cohort study. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 115(5), 173 - 185. https://doi.org/10.1177/01410768221077360 picture_as_pdf

Friebel, Rocco, Yoo, Katelyn Jison, Maynou, Laia (2022). Opioid abuse and austerity: evidence on health service use and mortality in England. Social Science & Medicine, 298, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114511 picture_as_pdf

Friebel, Rocco, Henschke, Cornelia, Maynou, Laia (2021). Comparing the dangers of a stay in English and German hospitals for high-need patients. Health Services Research, 56(S3), 1405 - 1417. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13712 picture_as_pdf

Johnson, Matthew Thomas, Johnson, Elliott Aidan, Webber, Laura, Friebel, Rocco, Reed, Howard Robert, Lansley, Stewart, Wildman, John (2021). Modelling the size, cost and health impacts of universal basic income what can be done in advance of a trial? Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, 21(4), 459 - 476. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10742-021-00246-8 picture_as_pdf

Friebel, Rocco, Maynou-Pujolras, Laia, Yoo, Katelyn Jison (12 November 2021) Opioid abuse and government austerity cuts: mortality and hospitalisations in England increased in line with unemployment. British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf

Viganego, Federico, Um, Eun K., Ruffin, Jasmine, Fradley, Michael G., Prida, Xavier, Friebel, Rocco (2021). Impact of global budget payments on cardiovascular care in Maryland: an interrupted time series analysis. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 14(3), 313 - 325. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.120.007110 picture_as_pdf

Petersen, Steffen E., Friebel, Rocco, Ferrari, Victor, Han, Yuchi, Aung, Nay, Kenawy, Asmaa, Albert, Timothy S.E., Naci, Huseyin (2021). Recent trends and potential drivers of non-invasive cardiovascular imaging use in the United States of America and England. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 7, https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2020.617771 picture_as_pdf

Friebel, Rocco, Juarez, Rosa M. (2020). Spill over effects of inpatient bed capacity on Accident and Emergency performance in England. Health Policy, 124(11), 1182 - 1191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.07.008 picture_as_pdf

Friebel, Rocco (12 August 2020) Could Nightingale hospitals be the solution to NHS bed shortages? LSE COVID-19 Blog. picture_as_pdf

Friebel, Rocco, Fisher, Rebecca, Deeny, Sarah R., Gardner, Tim, Molloy, Aoife, Steventon, Adam (2019). The implications of high bed occupancy rates on readmission rates in England: a longitudinal study. Health Policy, 123(8), 765-772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.06.006 description

Friebel, Rocco, Silverman, Rachel, Glassman, Amanda, Chalkidou, Kalipso (2019). On results reporting and evidentiary standards: spotlight on the Global Fund. The Lancet, 393(10184), 2006-2008. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)33055-1 picture_as_pdf

Thomas, Ranjeeta, Friebel, Rocco, Barker, Kerrie, Mwenge, Lawrence, Kanema, Sarah, Vanqa, Nosivuyile, Harper, Abigail, Bell-Mandla, Nomtha, Smith, Peter C. & Floyd, Sian et al (2019). Work and home productivity of people living with HIV in Zambia and South Africa. AIDS, 33(6), 1063-1071. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002160 picture_as_pdf

Friebel, Rocco, Steventon, Adam (2019). Composite measures of healthcare quality: sensible in theory, problematic in practice. BMJ Quality & Safety, 28(2), 85-88. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008280 picture_as_pdf

Friebel, Rocco, Molloy, Aoife, Leatherman, Sheila, Dixon, Jennifer, Bauhoff, Sebastian, Chalkidou, Kalipso (2018). Achieving high-quality universal health coverage: a perspective from the National Health Service in England. BMJ Global Health, 3(6). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000944 picture_as_pdf

Friebel, Rocco, Hauck, Katharina, Aylin, Paul (2018). Centralisation of acute stroke services in London: impact evaluation using two treatment groups. Health Economics (United Kingdom), 27(4), 722-732. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3630 picture_as_pdf

Friebel, Rocco, Dharmarajan, Kumar, Krumholz, Harlan M., Steventon, Adam (2017). Reductions in readmission rates are associated with modest improvements in patient-reported health gains following hip and knee replacement in England. Medical Care, 55(9), 834-840. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000000779 picture_as_pdf