Roberta Ara

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Roberta Ara is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberta Ara has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 22 papers in General Health Professions and 14 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Roberta Ara's work include Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (47 papers), Healthcare Policy and Management (24 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (18 papers). Roberta Ara is often cited by papers focused on Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (47 papers), Healthcare Policy and Management (24 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (18 papers). Roberta Ara collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and Canada. Roberta Ara's co-authors include John Brazier, Allan Wailoo, Abdullah Pandor, Sue Ward, Donna Rowen, M Lloyd Jones, W W Yeo, M Holmes, Nick Payne and Mónica Hernández Alava and has published in prestigious journals such as Medical Care, BMC Public Health and Obesity Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Roberta Ara

61 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A systematic review and economic evaluation of statins for the prevention of coronary events

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Author						Papers	Cites
Roberta Ara	1.2k	647	455	348	245	63	2.7k
Ataru Igarashi	669 0.5×	361 0.6×	631 1.4×	222 0.6×	171 0.7×	197	2.7k
Maiwenn Al	1.2k 0.9×	480 0.7×	588 1.3×	191 0.5×	295 1.2×	91	3.8k
Michael B. Nichol	977 0.8×	410 0.6×	352 0.8×	546 1.6×	517 2.1×	119	4.2k
Alison M. MacLeod	560 0.5×	720 1.1×	357 0.8×	199 0.6×	441 1.8×	117	5.6k
Rhonda L. Bohn	576 0.5×	695 1.1×	187 0.4×	231 0.7×	729 3.0×	83	3.5k
John Hornberger	624 0.5×	331 0.5×	221 0.5×	334 1.0×	154 0.6×	42	2.8k
David Wonderling	724 0.6×	753 1.2×	385 0.8×	86 0.2×	464 1.9×	47	3.1k
Joshua S. Benner	1.2k 1.0×	668 1.0×	245 0.5×	463 1.3×	546 2.2×	46	3.5k
Abdullah Pandor	519 0.4×	664 1.0×	247 0.5×	111 0.3×	503 2.1×	81	2.5k
Kristijan H. Kahler	583 0.5×	480 0.7×	190 0.4×	226 0.6×	454 1.9×	72	2.9k

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Ara, Roberta, Harry Hill, Andrew Lloyd, Helen Buckley Woods, & John Brazier. (2020). Are Current Reporting Standards Used to Describe Health State Utilities in Cost-Effectiveness Models Satisfactory?. Value in Health. 23(3). 397–405. 5 indexed citations

Brazier, John, Roberta Ara, Jan J.V. Busschbach, et al.. (2019). Identification, Review, and Use of Health State Utilities in Cost-Effectiveness Models: An ISPOR Good Practices for Outcomes Research Task Force Report. Value in Health. 22(3). 267–275. 110 indexed citations

Kearns, Benjamin, Rachid Rafia, Joanna Leaviss, et al.. (2017). The cost-effectiveness of changes to the care pathway used to identify depression and provide treatment amongst people with diabetes in England: a model-based economic evaluation. BMC Health Services Research. 17(1). 78–78. 14 indexed citations

Brazier, John, Roberta Ara, Donna Rowen, & Hélène Chevrou‐Séverac. (2017). A Review of Generic Preference-Based Measures for Use in Cost-Effectiveness Models. PharmacoEconomics. 35(S1). 21–31. 96 indexed citations

Ara, Roberta, John Brazier, Tessa Peasgood, & Suzy Paisley. (2017). The Identification, Review and Synthesis of Health State Utility Values from the Literature. PharmacoEconomics. 35(S1). 43–55. 35 indexed citations

Dixon, Padraig, Sandra Hollinghurst, Roberta Ara, et al.. (2016). Cost-effectiveness modelling of telehealth for patients with raised cardiovascular disease risk: evidence from a cohort simulation conducted alongside the Healthlines randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 6(9). e012355–e012355. 16 indexed citations

Rafia, Rachid, Roberta Ara, Jon Packham, Kirstie Haywood, & Emma L. Healey. (2012). Healthcare costs and productivity losses directly attributable to ankylosing spondylitis.. PubMed. 30(2). 246–53. 33 indexed citations

Alava, Mónica Hernández, Allan Wailoo, & Roberta Ara. (2012). Tails from the Peak District: Adjusted Limited Dependent Variable Mixture Models of EQ-5D Questionnaire Health State Utility Values. Value in Health. 15(3). 550–561. 138 indexed citations

Ara, Roberta, Hasan Basarir, & Sue Ward. (2012). Principles of health economic evaluations of lipid-lowering strategies. Current Opinion in Lipidology. 23(4). 271–281. 4 indexed citations

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Gray, Laura J., Nicola J. Cooper, Alison Dunkley, et al.. (2012). A systematic review and mixed treatment comparison of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of obesity. Obesity Reviews. 13(6). 483–498. 34 indexed citations

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Ara, Roberta & Lindsay Blake. (2011). PSY36 Modelling the Cost-Effectiveness of Orlistat as a Treatment for Obesity in Primary Care. Value in Health. 14(7). A416–A417. 2 indexed citations

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Ara, Roberta & John Brazier. (2011). Using Health State Utility Values from the General Population to Approximate Baselines in Decision Analytic Models when Condition-Specific Data are Not Available. Value in Health. 14(4). 539–545. 110 indexed citations

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Ara, Roberta & John Brazier. (2011). Estimating Health State Utility Values for Comorbid Health Conditions Using SF-6D Data. Value in Health. 14(5). 740–745. 19 indexed citations

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Ara, Roberta & John Brazier. (2011). Comparing EQ-5D Scores for Comorbid Health Conditions Estimated Using 5 Different Methods. Medical Care. 50(5). 452–459. 26 indexed citations

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Bansback, Nick, Roberta Ara, Sue Ward, Aslam H. Anis, & Hyon K. Choi. (2009). Statin Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis. PharmacoEconomics. 27(1). 25–37. 22 indexed citations

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Bansback, Nick, Roberta Ara, Jonathan Karnon, & Aslam H. Anis. (2008). Economic Evaluations in Rheumatoid Arthritis. PharmacoEconomics. 26(5). 395–408. 27 indexed citations

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Ara, Roberta & Alan Brennan. (2007). The cost‐effectiveness of sibutramine in non‐diabetic obese patients: evidence from four Western countries. Obesity Reviews. 8(4). 363–371. 13 indexed citations

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Ara, Roberta, et al.. (2007). The cost-effectiveness of etanercept in patients with severe ankylosing spondylitis in the UK. Lara D. Veeken. 46(8). 1338–1344. 31 indexed citations

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Brennan, Alan, Roberta Ara, Raimund Sterz, Bernd Matiba, & R Bergemann. (2006). Assessment of clinical and economic benefits of weight management with sibutramine in general practice in Germany. The European Journal of Health Economics. 7(4). 276–284. 9 indexed citations

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Bansback, Nick, Dean A. Regier, Roberta Ara, et al.. (2005). An Overview of Economic Evaluations for Drugs Used in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Drugs. 65(4). 473–496. 63 indexed citations

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