Adelina Comas Herrera

Research affiliate

EDUCATION

MSc. in Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona (Spain)

LANGUAGES

Spanish (mother tongue), English

CONTACT

Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science

E-mail: a.comas@lse.ac.uk

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Economics of dementia, dementia policy, long-term care policy and financing, policies for ageing

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Knapp, M., Bauer, A., Wittenberg, R., Comas-Herrera, A., Cyhlarova, E., Hu, B., Jagger, C., Kingston, A., Patel, A., Spector, A., Wessel, A. and Wong, G. (2021). What are the current and projected future cost and health-related quality of life implications of scaling up cognitive stimulation therapy? International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. ISSN 0885-6230 (In Press)

Breuer, E., Freeman, E., Alladi, S., Breedt, M., Govia, I., López-Ortega, M., Musyimi, C., Oliveira, D., Pattabiraman, M., Sani, T. P., Schneider, M., Swaffer, K., Taylor, D., Taylor, E., and Comas-Herrera, A. (2021). Active inclusion of people living with dementia in planning for dementia care and services in low- and middle-income countries. Dementia. 

Rajagopalan, J., Arshad, F., Hoskeri, R. M., Nair, V. S., Hurzuk, S., Annam, H., Varghese, F., BR, R., Dhiren, S. R., Ganeshbhai, P. V., Kammammettu, C., Komaravolu, S., Thomas, P. T., Comas-Herrera, A., and Alladi, S. (2021). Experiences of people with dementia and their caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic in India: A mixed-methods study. Dementia.

Shi, C., Chen, S., Salcher-Konrad, M., Choy, JCP., Luo, H., Leung, DKY., Cai, X., Zeng, Y., Dai, R., Comas-Herrera, A., McDaid, D., Knapp, M., Wong, G. (2021). Effectiveness of interventions for people living with dementia and their carers in Chinese communities: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ Open; 11:e047560. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047560

Salcher-Konrad, M., Smith, S. and Comas-Herrera, A. (2021). Emerging Evidence on Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines Among Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities. JAMDA.