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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 7446
Email
tim.stokes@otago.ac.nz
Position
Elaine Gurr Professor of General Practice and Head of Department
Department
Department of General Practice and Rural Health (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MA (Oxf) MPhil (Camb) MB ChB (Edin) MPH (Nott) PhD (Leic) FRCP FRCGP FRNZCGP
Research summary
Health Services Research
Memberships
  • Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Primary Health Care
  • Editorial Board, Implementation Science and Implementation Science Communications
  • President, Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care (AAAPC)

Research

Tim Stokes is Elaine Gurr Professor of General Practice and Head of Department of General Practice and Rural Health (DSM), Co-Director of the Centre for Health Systems and Technology, and a part-time GP in Dunedin.
Centre for Health Systems and Technology

He was Senior Clinical Lecturer in Primary Care, University of Birmingham 2013–2014; Consultant Clinical Adviser, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Leicester and Leeds 2006–2013, and Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in General Practice, University of Leicester, UK 1997-2006.

He was a member of NZ’s Pharmaceutical Management Agency (PHARMAC) Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory Group (PTAC) from 2016 to 2022.

He is a health services researcher, with a particular interest in health care delivery and implementation research. He is interested in:

  • Rural health services and health systems
  • Evaluating complex health system interventions, including whether and how collaborative partnership working in the NZ health system can improve service integration and health outcomes
  • New ways of delivering health services for acute and chronic clinical conditions in primary care and across the primary/community – secondary care interface

Current and previous nationally funded research projects as Principal Investigator include:

  • Do locality network partnerships improve health system performance and outcomes? HRC Project Grant 20/875
  • Do regional DHB groupings improve service integration and health outcomes? HRC Project Grant 18/138
  • Delivering better care for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), HRC Research Partnerships for New Zealand Health Delivery Grant 15/655

Publications

Sheridan, N., McKree Jansen, R., Harwood, M., Love, T., Kenealy, T., and the Primary Care Models Study Group, including Atmore, C., Crampton, P., Dowell, A., Gauld, R., McBain, L., Stokes, T., & Stubbe, M. (2024). Hauora Māori – Māori health: A right to equal outcomes in primary care. International Journal for Equity in Health, 23, 42. doi: 10.1186/s12939-023-02071-6

Blattner, K., Clay, L., Keenan, R., Taafaki, J., Crengle, S., Nixon, G., Fortune, K., & Stokes, T. (2024). He Aroka Urutā: Rural health provider perspectives of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in rural Aotearoa New Zealand with a focus on Māori and Pasifika communities: A Qualitative study. Journal of Primary Health Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1071/HC23171

Atmore, C., Sullivan, T., Millar, J., Paulose, A., Shute, A., Brown, D., & Stokes, T. (2024). The costs, barriers and enablers of providing PGY2 placements in general practice in Aotearoa New Zealand: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Primary Health Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1071/HC23116

Colman, A. M., Stokes, T., & Tarrant, C. (2024). Journals need to provide better guidance for victims of plagiarism. BMJ, 384, q226. doi: 10.1136/bmj.q226

George, J., Jack, S., Gauld, R., Colbourn, T., & Stokes, T. (2023). Impact of health system governance on healthcare quality in low-income and middle-income countries: A scoping review. BMJ Open, 13, e073669. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073669

Atmore, C., Sullivan, T., Millar, J., Paulose, A., Shute, A., Brown, D., & Stokes, T. (2024). The costs, barriers and enablers of providing PGY2 placements in general practice in Aotearoa New Zealand: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Primary Health Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1071/HC23116

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Blattner, K., Clay, L., Keenan, R., Taafaki, J., Crengle, S., Nixon, G., Fortune, K., & Stokes, T. (2024). He Aroka Urutā: Rural health provider perspectives of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in rural Aotearoa New Zealand with a focus on Māori and Pasifika communities: A Qualitative study. Journal of Primary Health Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1071/HC23171

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Sheridan, N., McKree Jansen, R., Harwood, M., Love, T., Kenealy, T., and the Primary Care Models Study Group, including Atmore, C., Crampton, P., Dowell, A., Gauld, R., McBain, L., Stokes, T., & Stubbe, M. (2024). Hauora Māori – Māori health: A right to equal outcomes in primary care. International Journal for Equity in Health, 23, 42. doi: 10.1186/s12939-023-02071-6

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Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Gauld, R., & Stokes, T. (2023). New Zealand Pae Ora healthcare reforms 2022: Viable by design? A qualitative study using the viable system model. International Journal of Health Policy & Management, 12, 7906. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2023.7906

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Atmore, C., Dovey, S., Gauld, R., & Stokes, T. (2023). What is important for high quality rural health care? A qualitative study of rural community and provider views in Aotearoa New Zealand. Rural & Remote Health, 23, 7635. doi: 10.22605/RRH7635

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Blattner, K., Clay, L., Nixon, G., Richard, L., Miller, R., Crengle, S., … Stokes, T. (2023). The place of rural hospitals in New Zealand's health system: An exploratory qualitative study. Rural & Remote Health, 23(2), 7583. doi: 10.22605/rrh7583

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Dacombe-Bird, M., Dassanayake, S., Beck, S., Ribeiro, D. C., Nixon, G., Bryant, K., Stokes, T., Wilkins, G., Johnstone, C., Kennedy, E., … Dixon, D. (2023). Musculoskeletal chest pain prevalence in emergency department presentations: A retrospective case notes review. Emergency Medicine Australasia. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14352

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George, J., Jack, S., Gauld, R., Colbourn, T., & Stokes, T. (2023). Impact of health system governance on healthcare quality in low-income and middle-income countries: A scoping review. BMJ Open, 13, e073669. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073669

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Miller, R., Nixon, G., Stokes, T., Smith, M., Pickering, J. W., Liepins, T., … Than, M. (2023). The cost-savings of the rural accelerated chest pain pathway for low-risk chest pain in rural general practice: A cost minimisation analysis. Journal of Primary Health Care, 15(1), 71-76. doi: 10.1071/HC22117

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Miller, R., Nixon, G., Turner, R. M., Stokes, T., Keenan, R., Grey, C., … Kerr, A. (2023). Outcomes and access to angiography following non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes in patients who present to rural or urban hospitals: ANZACS-QI 72. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1573), 27-54. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

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Miller, R., Nixon, G., Turner, R. M., Stokes, T., Keenan, R., Jiang, Y., … Kerr, A. (2023). Investigation and treatment after non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome for patients presenting to rural or urban hospitals in Aotearoa New Zealand: ANZACS-QI 75. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1585), 85-102. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

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Penno, E., Atmore, C., Maclennan, B., Richard, L., Wyeth, E., Richards, R., Doolan-Noble, F., Gray, A. R., Sullivan, T., Gauld, R., & Stokes, T. (2023). How did New Zealand's regional district health board groupings work to improve service integration and health outcomes: A realist evaluation. BMJ Open, 13, e079268. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079268

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Sheridan, N., Love, T., Kenealy, T., and the Primary Care Models Study Group, including Atmore, C., Crampton, P., Dowell, A., Gauld, R., McBain, L., Stokes, T., & Stubbe, M. (2023). Is there equity of patient health outcomes across models of general practice in Aotearoa New Zealand? A national cross-sectional study. International Journal for Equity in Health, 22, 79. doi: 10.1186/s12939-023-01893-8

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Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Stokes, T., Foote, J., Greatbanks, R., & Gauld, R. (2022). What makes an effective quality improvement manager? A qualitative study in the New Zealand health system. BMC Health Services Research, 22, 50. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07433-w

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Blackmore, T., Chepulis, L., Rawiri, K., Kidd, J., Stokes, T., Firth, M., … Lawrenson, R. (2022). Patient-reported diagnostic intervals to colorectal cancer diagnosis in the Midland region of New Zealand: A prospective cohort study. Family Practice, 39, 639-647. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmab155

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Blattner, K., Clay, L., Miller, R., Nixon, G., Crengle, S., Richard, L., … Stokes, T. (2022). New Zealand's rural hospitals in 2021: Findings from an exploratory questionnaire survey. Journal of Primary Health Care, 14(3), 254-258. doi: 10.1071/HC22072

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Glidewell, L., Hunter, C., Ward, V., McEachan, R. R. C., Lawton, R., Willis, T. A., … and on behalf of the ASPIRE programme team, including Stokes, T. (2022). Explaining variable effects of an adaptable implementation package to promote evidence-based practice in primary care: A longitudinal process evaluation. Implementation Science, 17, 9. doi: 10.1186/s13012-021-01166-4

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Gurung, G., Barson, S., Haughey, M., & Stokes, T. (2022). Health Care Home implementation in Otago and Southland: A qualitative evaluation. Journal of Primary Health Care, 14(2), 130-137. doi: 10.1071/HC22032

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Gurung, G., Jaye, C., Gauld, R., & Stokes, T. (2022). Lessons learnt from the implementation of new models of care delivery through alliance governance in the Southern health region of New Zealand: A qualitative study. BMJ Open, 12, e065635. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065635

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Hale, L., Higgs, C., Gray, A. R., Mann, J., Mani, R., Sullivan, T., Terry, J., Keen, D., & Stokes, T. (2022). The diabetes community exercise programme plus usual care versus usual care in patients with type 2 diabetes: A randomised, two-arm, parallel open-label trial. eClinicalMedicine, 46, 101361. doi: 10.1016/j. eclinm.2022.101361

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Hedman, M., Doolan-Noble, F., Stokes, T., & Brännström, M. (2022). Doctors' experiences of providing care in rural hospitals in southern New Zealand: A qualitative study. BMJ Open, 12, e062968. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062968

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Miller, R., Nixon, G., Pickering, J. W., Stokes, T., Turner, R. M., Young, J., Gutenstein, M., Smith, M., … Watson, A., George, P., … Than, M. (2022). A prospective multi-centre study assessing the safety and effectiveness following the implementation of an accelerated chest pain pathway using point-of-care troponin for use in New Zealand rural hospital and primary care settings. European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, 11(5), 418-427. doi: 10.1093/ehjacc/zuac037

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Pigden, A., Stokes, T., Crengle, S., Dowell, T., Hudson, B., Toop, L., McBain, L., … Atmore, C. (2022). Developing a national primary care research network: A qualitative study of stakeholder views. Journal of Primary Health Care, 14(4), 338-344. doi: 10.1071/HC22081

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Stokes, T., Wilkinson, A., Jayakaran, P., Higgs, C., Keen, D., Mani, R., Sullivan, T., Gray, A. R., Doolan-Noble, F., Mann, J., & Hale, L. (2022). Implementation of the Diabetes Community Exercise and Education Programme (DCEP) for the management of type 2 diabetes: Qualitative process evaluation. BMJ Open, 12(5), e059853. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059853

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Wilkinson, A., Higgs, C., Stokes, T., Dummer, J., & Hale, L. (2022). How to best develop and deliver generic long-term condition rehabilitation programmes in rural settings: An integrative review. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 3, 904007. doi: 10.3389/fresc.2022.904007

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Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Foote, J., Greatbanks, R., Stokes, T., & Gauld, R. (2021). Why is quality improvement so challenging? A Viable Systems Model perspective to understand the frustrations of healthcare quality improvement managers. Health Policy, 125, 658-664. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.03.015

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Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Greatbanks, R., Foote, J., Stokes, T., & Gauld, R. (2021). Towards the development of a system-wide quality improvement maturity model: A synthesis using systematic review and expert opinion. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1108/IJLSS-06-2021-0107

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Atmore, C., Dovey, S., Gauld, R., Gray, A. R., & Stokes, T. (2021). Do people living in rural and urban locations experience differences in harm when admitted to hospital? A cross-sectional New Zealand general practice records review study. BMJ Open, 11, e046207. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046207

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Blackmore, T., Chepulis, L., Keenan, R., Kidd, J., Stokes, T., Weller, D., … Lawrenson, R. (2021). How do colorectal cancer patients rate their GP: A mixed methods study. BMC Family Practice, 22, 67. doi: 10.1186/s12875-021-01427-7

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Doolan-Noble, F., Noller, G., Nixon, G., & Stokes, T. (2021). 'I'm still here, that's probably the best part': Lives of those living rurally with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator: A qualitative study. Rural & Remote Health, 21, 5659. doi: 10.22605/RRH5659

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Doolan-Noble, F., Tumilty, E., McAuley, K., & Stokes, T. (2021). How rural nurses in southern New Zealand navigate their ethical landscape: A qualitative study. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 29, 332-340. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12709

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Firth, M., Blackmore, T., Chepulis, L., Keenan, R., Stokes, T., Elwood, M., … Lawrenson, R. (2021). Why does New Zealand have such poor outcomes from colorectal cancer?: The importance of the pre-diagnostic period. Journal of Primary Health Care, 13(1), 15-26. doi: 10.1071/HC20049

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Lawrenson, R., Moosa, S., Warren, J., van Dalen, R., Chepulis, L., Blackmore, T., … Stokes, T., … Emery, J. (2021). Outcomes from colonoscopy following referral from New Zealand general practice: A retrospective analysis. BMC Gastroenterology, 21(471). doi: 10.1186/s12876-021-02042-7

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Leitch, S., Smith, A., Crengle, S., & Stokes, T. (2021). The views of New Zealand general practitioners and patients on a proposed risk assessment and communication tool: A qualitative study using Normalisation Process Theory. Implementation Science Communications, 2, 16. doi: 10.1186/s43058-021-00120-1

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Leitch, S., Zeng, J., Smith, A., & Stokes, T. (2021). Medication risk management and health equity in New Zealand general practice: A retrospective cross-sectional study. International Journal for Equity in Health, 20, 119. doi: 10.1186/s12939-021-01461-y

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Manaseki-Holland, S., Manjang, B., Hemming, K., Martin, J. T., Bradley, C., Jackson, L., … Stokes, T., & Cairncross, S. (2021). Effects on childhood infections of promoting safe and hygienic complementary-food handling practices through a community-based programme: A cluster randomised controlled trial in a rural area of The Gambia. PLoS Medicine, 18(1), e1003260. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003260

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Nixon, G., Blattner, K., Withington, S., Miller, R., & Stokes, T. (2021). Exploring the response to the Covid-19 pandemic at the rural hospital-base hospital interface: Experiences of New Zealand rural hospital doctors. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1545), 11-21. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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Atmore, C., & Stokes, T. (2020). Turning on a dime: Pre- and post- COVID-19 consultation patterns in an urban general practice. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1523), 65-75. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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Blackmore, T., Norman, K., Kidd, J., Cassim, S., Chepulis, L., Keenan, R., … Jackson, C., Stokes, T., … Lawrenson, R. (2020). Barriers and facilitators to colorectal cancer diagnosis in New Zealand: A qualitative study. BMC Family Practice, 21, 206. doi: 10.1186/s12875-020-01276-w

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Blattner, K., Stokes, T., Rogers-Koroheke, M., Nixon, G., & Dovey, S. M. (2020). Good care close to home: Local health professional perspectives on how a rural hospital can contribute to the healthcare of its community. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1509), 39-46. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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Boyina, S. Y., Stokes, T., Renall, A., & Braund, R. (2020). Clinical pharmacist facilitators in primary care: A descriptive study of their roles and services provided in general practices of southern New Zealand. Journal of Primary Health Care, 12(1), 88-95. doi: 10.1071/HC19073

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Dummer, J., Tumilty, E., Hannah, D., McAuley, K., Baxter, J., Doolan-Noble, F., … Stokes, T. (2020). Health care utilisation and health needs of people with severe COPD in the southern region of New Zealand: A retrospective case note review. COPD, 17(2), 136-142. doi: 10.1080/15412555.2020.1724275

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Foy, R., Willis, T., Glidewell, L., McEachan, R., Lawton, R., Meads, D., … Stokes, T., … Farrin, A. (2020). Developing and evaluating packages to support implementation of quality indicators in general practice: The ASPIRE research programme, including two cluster RCTs. Programme Grants for Applied Research, 8(4). doi: 10.3310/pgfar08040

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Goodyear-Smith, F., Stokes, T., McKinlay, E., Nixon, G., Lack, L., Fortier, R., & Pullon, S. (2020). New Zealand general practice registrars' views on their academic learning needs during vocational training: Online survey. Education for Primary Care, 31(3), 136-144. doi: 10.1080/14739879.2020.1729250

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Gurung, G., Atmore, C., Gauld, R., & Stokes, T. (2020). Integrated ambulatory care in the New Zealand health system: A scoping review. Journal of Integrated Care, 28(3), 253-280. doi: 10.1108/JICA-01-2020-0003

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Richard, L., Noller, G., Derrett, S., Sullivan, T., Doolan-Noble, F., McCombie, A., Schultz, M., Ho, C., & Stokes, T. (2020). Patients' accounts of living with and managing inflammatory bowel disease in rural Southern New Zealand: A qualitative study. BMJ Open, 10, e041789. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041789

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Richardson, A., Richard, L., Gunter, K., Cunningham, R., Hamer, H., Lockett, H., Wyeth, E., Stokes, T., … Cox, A., & Derrett, S. (2020). A systematic scoping review of interventions to integrate physical and mental healthcare for people with serious mental illness and substance use disorders. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 128, 52-67. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.05.021

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Tumilty, E., Doolan-Noble, F., Tiatia Fa'atoese Latu, A., McAuley, K., Dummer, J., Baxter, J., Hannah, D., … Stokes, T. (2020). 'A balancing act': Living with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in southern New Zealand: A qualitative study. Journal of Primary Health Care, 12(2), 166-172. doi: 10.1071/HC20007

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Blattner, K., Stokes, T., & Nixon, G. (2019). A scope of practice that works 'out here': Exploring the effects of a changing medical regulatory environment on a rural New Zealand health service. Rural & Remote Health, 19(4), 5442. doi: 10.22605/rrh5442

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Doolan-Noble, F., Barson, S., Lyndon, M., Cullinane, F., Gray, J., Stokes, T., & Gauld, R. (2019). Establishing gold standards for System-Level Measures: A modified Delphi consensus process. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 31(3), 205-211. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzy122

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Littlejohns, P., Kieslich, K., Weale, A., Tumilty, E., Richardson, G., Stokes, T., Gauld, R., & Scuffham, P. (2019). Creating sustainable health care systems: Agreeing social (societal) priorities through public participation. Journal of Health Organization & Management, 33(1), 18-34. doi: 10.1108/JHOM-02-2018-0065

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Miller, R., Stokes, T., & Nixon, G. (2019). Point-of-care troponin use in New Zealand rural hospital: A national survey. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1493), 25-37. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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Richard, L., Richardson, G., Jaye, C., & Stokes, T. (2019). Providing care to refugees through mainstream general practice in the southern health region of New Zealand: A qualitative study of primary healthcare professionals’ perspectives. BMJ Open, 9, e034323. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034323

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Sreedhar, S., Richard, L., & Stokes, T. (2019). Multimorbidity and multiple social disadvantage in a New Zealand high-needs free primary healthcare clinic population: A cross-sectional study. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1490), 42-51. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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Stokes, T., Tumilty, E., Tiatia Fa'atoese Latu, A., Doolan-Noble, F., Baxter, J., McAuley, K., … Dummer, J. (2019). Improving access to health care for people with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in southern New Zealand: Qualitative study of the views of health professional stakeholders and patients. BMJ Open, 9, e033524. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033524

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Reyneke, A., Jaye, C., & Stokes, T. (2018). Local clinical pathways: From 'good ideas' to 'practicality' for general practitioners. Journal of Primary Health Care, 10(3), 215-223. doi: 10.1071/HC18023

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Stokes, T., Azam, M., & Doolan Noble, F. (2018). Multimorbidity in Māori and Pacific patients: Cross-sectional study in a Dunedin general practice. Journal of Primary Health Care, 10(1), 39-43. doi: 10.1071/HC17046

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Stokes, T., Tumilty, E., Doolan-Noble, F., & Gauld, R. (2018). HealthPathways implementation in a New Zealand health region: A qualitative study using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. BMJ Open, 8(12), e025094. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025094

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Imamura, M., Kanguru, L., Penfold, S., Stokes, T., Camosso-Stefinovic, J., Shaw, B., & Hussein, J. (2017). A systematic review of implementation strategies to deliver guidelines on obstetric care practice in low- and middle-income countries. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 136(1), 19-28. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.12005

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Johnson, R., Ansley, P., Doolan-Noble, F., Turley, E., & Stokes, T. (2017). Breastfeeding peer support in rural New Zealand: The views of peer supporters. Journal of Primary Health Care, 9(2), 173-177. doi: 10.1071/HC16027

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Stokes, T., Tumilty, E., Doolan-Noble, F., & Gauld, R. (2017). Multimorbidity, clinical decision making and health care delivery in New Zealand primary care: A qualitative study. BMC Family Practice, 18, 51. doi: 10.1186/s12875-017-0622-4

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Willis, T. A., West, R., Rushforth, B., Stokes, T., Glidewell, L., Carder, P., … on behalf of the ASPIRE programme team. (2017). Variations in achievement of evidence-based, high-impact quality indicators in general practice: An observational study. PLoS ONE, 12(7), e0177949. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177949

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Baker, R., Honeyford, K., Levene, L. S., Mainous, III, A. G., Jones, D. R., Bankart, M. J., & Stokes, T. (2016). Population characteristics, mechanisms of primary care and premature mortality in England: A cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 6, e009981. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009981

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Braddick, L., Tuckey, V., Abbas, Z., Lissauer, D., Ismail, K., Manaseki-Holland, S., … Stokes, T. (2016). A mixed-methods study of barriers and facilitators to the implementation of postpartum hemorrhage guidelines in Uganda. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 132(1), 89-93. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.06.047

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Moore, J., Stokes, T., & Gray, B. (2016). The New Zealand Coroners Amendment Bill's proposed approach to health care-related deaths that are reportable to the coroner. Journal of Law & Medicine, 23, 557-570.

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Nothacker, M., Stokes, T., Shaw, B., Lindsay, P., Sipilä, R., Follmann, M., … on behalf of the Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) Performance Measures Working Group. (2016). Reporting standards for guideline-based performance measures. Implementation Science, 11, 6. doi: 10.1186/s13012-015-0369-z

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Stokes, T., Shaw, E. J., Camosso-Stefinovic, J., Imamura, M., Kanguru, L., & Hussein, J. (2016). Barriers and enablers to guideline implementation strategies to improve obstetric care practice in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of qualitative evidence. Implementation Science, 11, 144. doi: 10.1186/s13012-016-0508-1

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Graham, T., Alderson, P., & Stokes, T. (2015). Managing conflicts of interest in the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Clinical Guidelines Programme: Qualitative study. PLoS ONE, 10(3), e0122313. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122313

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Irwin, R., Stokes, T., & Marshall, T. (2015). Practice-level quality improvement interventions in primary care: A review of systematic reviews. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 16, 556-577. doi: 10.1017/S1463423615000274

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Rushforth, B., Stokes, T., Andrews, E., Willis, T. A., McEachan, R., Faulkner, S., & Foy, R. (2015). Developing 'high impact' guideline-based quality indicators for UK primary care: A multi-stage consensus process. BMC Family Practice, 16, 156. doi: 10.1186/s12875-015-0350-6

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Abdelhamid, A., Howe, A., Stokes, T., Qureshi, N., & Steel, N. (2014). Primary care evidence in clinical guidelines: A mixed methods study of practitioners' views. British Journal of General Practice, 64(628), e719-e727. doi: 10.3399/bjgp14X682309

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Steel, N., Abdelhamid, A., Stokes, T., Edwards, H., Fleetcroft, R., Howe, A., & Qureshi, N. (2014). A review of clinical practice guidelines found that they were often based on evidence of uncertain relevance to primary care patients. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 67(11), 1251-1257. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.05.020

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Ziebland, S., Locock, L., Fitzpatrick, R., Stokes, T., Robert, G., O'Flynn, N., … Martin, A. (2014). Informing the development on NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) quality standards through secondary analysis of qualitative narrative interviews on patients' experiences. Health Services & Delivery Research, 2, 45. doi: 10.3310/hsdr02450

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Shaw, E. J., Sutcliffe, D., Lacey, T., & Stokes, T. (2013). Assessing depression severity using the UK Quality and Outcomes Framework depression indicators: A systematic review. British Journal of General Practice, 63(610), e309-e317. doi: 10.3399/bjgp13X667169

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Tarrant, C., Dixon-Woods, M., Colman, A. M., & Stokes, T. (2010). Continuity and trust in primary care: A qualitative study informed by game theory. Annals of Family Medicine, 8(5), 440-446. doi: 10.1370/afm.1160

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Tan, T. P. Y., Stokes, T., & Shaw, E. J. (2009). Use of qualitative research as evidence in the clinical guideline program of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 7(3), 169-172. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-1609.2009.00135.x

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Tarrant, C., Colman, A. M., & Stokes, T. (2008). Past experience, 'shadow of the future', and patient trust: A cross-sectional survey. British Journal of General Practice, 58(556), 780-783. doi: 10.3399/bjgp08X342615

Journal - Research Article

Redsell, S., Stokes, T., Jackson, C., Hastings, A., & Baker, R. (2007). Patients' accounts of the differences in nurses' and general practitioners' roles in primary care. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 57(2), 172-180. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04085.x

Journal - Research Article

Shaw, E. J., Stokes, T., Camosso-Stefinovic, J., Baker, R., Baker, G. A., & Jacoby, A. (2007). Self-management education for adults with epilepsy (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2, CD004723. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004723.pub2

Journal - Research Article

Stokes, T., Shaw, E. J., Camosso-Stefinovic, J., Baker, R., Baker, G. A., & Jacoby, A. (2007). Self-management education for children with epilepsy (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2, CD004724. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004724.pub2

Journal - Research Article

Juarez-Garcia, A., Stokes, T., Shaw, B., Camosso-Stefinovic, J., & Baker, R. (2006). The costs of epilepsy misdiagnosis in England and Wales. Seizure, 15(8), 598-605. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.08.005

Journal - Research Article

Stokes, T., Dixon-Woods, M., & Williams, S. (2006). Breaking the ceremonial order: Patients' and doctors' accounts of removal from a general practitioner's list. Sociology of Health & Illness, 28(5), 611-636. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2006.00509.x

Journal - Research Article

Colman, A. M., Stokes, T., & Tarrant, C. (2024). Journals need to provide better guidance for victims of plagiarism. BMJ, 384, q226. doi: 10.1136/bmj.q226

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Goodyear-Smith, F., & Stokes, T. (2023). Across the spectrum of primary health: From rainbow health to end-of-life care. Journal of Primary Health Care, 15(2), 101-103. doi: 10.1071/HC23063

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Stokes, T., & Goodyear-Smith, F. (2023). Primary health care: Walking backwards into the future? Journal of Primary Health Care, 15(3), 195-196. doi: 10.1071/HC23113

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Stokes, T., & Goodyear-Smith, F. (2023). Rethinking the consultation in 21st century Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Primary Health Care, 15(1), 1-3. doi: 10.1071/hc23032

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Goodyear-Smith, F., & Stokes, T. (2022). Challenges and opportunities for sustainable and equitable primary care. Journal of Primary Health Care, 14(4), 291-292. doi: 10.1071/HC22151

Journal - Research Other

Goodyear-Smith, F., & Stokes, T. (2022). Two heads are better than one? Journal of Primary Health Care, 14(2), 91-92. doi: 10.1071/hc22069

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Keenan, R., Lawrenson, R., & Stokes, T. (2022). Urgent referral to specialist services for patients with cancer symptoms: A cause for concern or oversimplifying a complex issue? BMJ Quality & Safety, 31(8), 558-560. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-014222

Journal - Research Other

Stokes, T., & Goodyear-Smith, F. (2022). New Zealand's health system reforms: An uncertain road paved with good intentions? Journal of Primary Health Care, 14(3), 191-193. doi: 10.1071/hc22112

Journal - Research Other

Tumilty, E., Doolan-Noble, F., Gauld, R., Littlejohns, P., & Stokes, T. (2022). Is PHARMAC's decision-making fair? Findings from an evaluation of decision-making in the New Zealand health system. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1550), 170-177. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Journal - Research Other

Hudson, B., Pitama, S., McBain, L., Robson, B., Stokes, T., Baxter, J., & Crampton, P. (2021). A brief response to Hawkins: A call for socially responsive research in Māori health. Journal of Primary Health Care, 13(3), 204. doi: 10.1071/hc21094

Journal - Research Other

Leitch, S., Smith, A., Zeng, J., & Stokes, T. (2021). Using an information package to reduce patients' risk of renal damage: Protocol for a randomized feasibility trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 10(4), e29161. doi: 10.2196/29161

Journal - Research Other

Baxter, G. D., Chapple, C., Ellis, R., Hill, J., Liu, L., Mani, R., … Stokes, T., & Tumilty, S. (2020). Six things you need to know about low back pain. Journal of Primary Health Care, 12(3), 195-198. doi: 10.1071/HC19117

Journal - Research Other

Dummer, J., & Stokes, T. (2020). Improving continuity of care of patients with respiratory disease at hospital discharge. Breathe, 16(3), 200161. doi: 10.1183/20734735.0161-2020

Journal - Research Other

Miller, R., Young, J., Nixon, G., Pickering, J. W., Stokes, T., Turner, R., … Gutenstein, M., … George, P. M., … Than, M. (2020). Study protocol for an observational study to evaluate an accelerated chest pain pathway using point-of-care troponin in New Zealand rural and primary care populations. Journal of Primary Health Care, 12(2), 129-138. doi: 10.1071/HC19059

Journal - Research Other

Gauld, R., Atmore, C., Baxter, J., Crampton, P., & Stokes, T. (2019). The 'elephants in the room' for New Zealand's health system in its 80th anniversary year: General practice charges and ownership models. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1489), 8-14. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Other

Hale, L., Stokes, T., Scarth, B., Mani, R., Sullivan, T., Doolan-Noble, F., Jayakaran, P., Gray, A. R., Mann, J., & Higgs, C. (2019). Protocol for a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the diabetes community exercise and education programme (DCEP) for long-term management of diabetes. BMJ Open, 9(2), e025578. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025578

Journal - Research Other

Stokes, T., Atmore, C., Penno, E., Richard, L., Wyeth, E., Richards, R., Doolan-Noble, F., Gray, A. R., Sullivan, T., & Gauld, R. (2019). Protocol for a mixed methods realist evaluation of regional District Health Board groupings in New Zealand. BMJ Open, 9, e030076. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030076

Journal - Research Other

Stokes, T. (2018). Multimorbidity and clinical guidelines: Problem or opportunity? New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1472), 7-9. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Other

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