Mr Francesco Manca

Research Associate (Health Economics & Health Technology Assessment)

telephone: +44(0)1413305294
email: Francesco.Manca@glasgow.ac.uk

1 Lilybank Gardens, G12 8RZ

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Biography

I hold a MSc and BSc in Economic and Social Sciences from Bocconi University in Milan. I joined HEHTA in 2018.

I am currently focused on evaluations of public health intervention, with a specific interest in alcohol-related policies and epidemiology. I have also experience in health economic evaluations of diagnostics and screening strategies related to a diverse range of disease areas (alcohol misuse, infectious and neglected tropical diseases). I am involved in teaching and assisting some courses of our MSc in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) as well as I regularly supervise Public Health and HTA master students.

Publications

List by: Type | Date

Jump to: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020

Number of items: 14.

2024

Manca, F., Zhang, L. , Fitzgerald, N., Mackay, D. , McAuley, A., Sharp, C. and Lewsey, J. (2024) The effect of minimum unit pricing for alcohol on prescriptions for treatment of alcohol dependence: a controlled interrupted time series analysis. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 22, pp. 3623-3638. (doi: 10.1007/s11469-023-01070-6) (PMID:37363757) (PMCID:PMC10202053)

Yokobori, Y., Manca, F. and Deidda, M. (2024) Pharmaceutical intervention for hypertension in a rural district of the Republic of Zambia: a model-based economic evaluation. BMJ Open, 14, e084575. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084575) (PMID:39237286) (PMCID:PMC11381728)

Manca, F., Ciminata, G., Grieve, E. , Reboud, J. , Cooper, J. and McIntosh, E. (2024) Cost-effectiveness of sentinel screening of endemic diseases alongside malaria diagnosis: a case study in schistosomiasis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(7), e0012339. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012339) (PMID:39074148) (PMCID:PMC11309411)

Manca, F., Zhang, L., Fitzgerald, N., Ho, F. , Innes, H., Jani, B. , Katikireddi, S. V. , McAuley, A., Sharp, C. and Lewsey, J. (2024) Pharmacological treatments for alcohol dependence: evidence on uptake, inequalities and comparative effectiveness from a UK population-based cohort. Drug and Alcohol Review, 43(5), pp. 1183-1193. (doi: 10.1111/dar.13841) (PMID:38653552)

Manca, F., Lewsey, J. , Mackay, D. , Angus, C., Fitzpatrick, D. and Fitzgerald, N. (2024) The effect of a minimum price per unit of alcohol in Scotland on alcohol-related ambulance call-outs: A controlled interrupted time−series analysis. Addiction, 119(5), pp. 846-854. (doi: 10.1111/add.16436) (PMID:38286951)

Manca, F., Parab, R., Mackay, D. , Fitzgerald, N. and Lewsey, J. (2024) Evaluating the impact of minimum unit pricing for alcohol on road traffic accidents in Scotland after 20 months: an interrupted time series study. Addiction, 119(3), pp. 509-517. (doi: 10.1111/add.16371) (PMID:37853919)

Mulholland, R.J. , Manca, F., Ciminata, G., Quinn, T.J. , Trotter, R., Pollock, K.G., Lister, S. and Geue, C. (2024) Evaluating the effect of inequalities in oral anti-coagulant prescribing on outcomes in people with atrial fibrillation. European Heart Journal Open, 4(2), oeae016. (doi: 10.1093/ehjopen/oeae016) (PMID:38572087) (PMCID:PMC10989660)

Manca, F. and Lewsey, J. (2024) Previous psychiatric hospitalizations as risk factors for single and multiple future alcohol-related hospitalizations in patients with alcohol use disorders. Addiction, 119(2), pp. 291-300. (doi: 10.1111/add.16352) (PMID:37750192)

2023

Falkowski, A. et al. (2023) How least developed to lower-middle income countries use health technology assessment: a scoping review. Pathogens and Global Health, 117(2), pp. 104-119. (doi: 10.1080/20477724.2022.2106108) (PMID:35950264) (PMCID:PMC9970250)

2022

Fitzgerald, N., Manca, F., Uny, I., Martin, J. G., O'Donnell, R., Ford, A., Begley, A., Stead, M. and Lewsey, J. (2022) Lockdown and licensed premises: COVID-19 lessons for alcohol policy. Drug and Alcohol Review, 41(3), pp. 533-545. (doi: 10.1111/dar.13413) (PMID:34904313)

2021

Manca, F. and Lewsey, J. (2021) Hospital discharge location and socioeconomic deprivation as risk factors for alcohol dependence relapses: a cohort study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 229(Part A), 109148. (doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109148)

Manca, M., Ferraresi, G., Manca, F. and Cosma, M. (2021) The role of Gait Analysis for functional surgery in brain damaged adults: a narrative review. Minerva Ortopedica e Traumatologica, (doi: 10.23736/S2784-8469.21.04127-4)

Manca, F., Lewsey, J. , Waterson, R., Kernaghan, S. M., Fitzpatrick, D., Mackay, D. , Angus, C. and Fitzgerald, N. (2021) Estimating the burden of alcohol on ambulance callouts through development and validation of an algorithm using electronic patient records. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12), 6363. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph18126363) (PMID:34208317) (PMCID:PMC8296189)

2020

Manca, F., Robinson, E., Dillon, J. F. and Boyd, K. A. (2020) Eradicating Hepatitis C: are novel screening strategies for people who inject drugs cost-effective? International Journal of Drug Policy, 82, 102811. (doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102811) (PMID:32585583)

This list was generated on Tue May 20 21:13:59 2025 BST.

Jump to: Articles

Number of items: 14.

Articles

Manca, F., Zhang, L. , Fitzgerald, N., Mackay, D. , McAuley, A., Sharp, C. and Lewsey, J. (2024) The effect of minimum unit pricing for alcohol on prescriptions for treatment of alcohol dependence: a controlled interrupted time series analysis. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 22, pp. 3623-3638. (doi: 10.1007/s11469-023-01070-6) (PMID:37363757) (PMCID:PMC10202053)

Yokobori, Y., Manca, F. and Deidda, M. (2024) Pharmaceutical intervention for hypertension in a rural district of the Republic of Zambia: a model-based economic evaluation. BMJ Open, 14, e084575. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084575) (PMID:39237286) (PMCID:PMC11381728)

Manca, F., Ciminata, G., Grieve, E. , Reboud, J. , Cooper, J. and McIntosh, E. (2024) Cost-effectiveness of sentinel screening of endemic diseases alongside malaria diagnosis: a case study in schistosomiasis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(7), e0012339. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012339) (PMID:39074148) (PMCID:PMC11309411)

Manca, F., Zhang, L., Fitzgerald, N., Ho, F. , Innes, H., Jani, B. , Katikireddi, S. V. , McAuley, A., Sharp, C. and Lewsey, J. (2024) Pharmacological treatments for alcohol dependence: evidence on uptake, inequalities and comparative effectiveness from a UK population-based cohort. Drug and Alcohol Review, 43(5), pp. 1183-1193. (doi: 10.1111/dar.13841) (PMID:38653552)

Manca, F., Lewsey, J. , Mackay, D. , Angus, C., Fitzpatrick, D. and Fitzgerald, N. (2024) The effect of a minimum price per unit of alcohol in Scotland on alcohol-related ambulance call-outs: A controlled interrupted time−series analysis. Addiction, 119(5), pp. 846-854. (doi: 10.1111/add.16436) (PMID:38286951)

Manca, F., Parab, R., Mackay, D. , Fitzgerald, N. and Lewsey, J. (2024) Evaluating the impact of minimum unit pricing for alcohol on road traffic accidents in Scotland after 20 months: an interrupted time series study. Addiction, 119(3), pp. 509-517. (doi: 10.1111/add.16371) (PMID:37853919)

Mulholland, R.J. , Manca, F., Ciminata, G., Quinn, T.J. , Trotter, R., Pollock, K.G., Lister, S. and Geue, C. (2024) Evaluating the effect of inequalities in oral anti-coagulant prescribing on outcomes in people with atrial fibrillation. European Heart Journal Open, 4(2), oeae016. (doi: 10.1093/ehjopen/oeae016) (PMID:38572087) (PMCID:PMC10989660)

Manca, F. and Lewsey, J. (2024) Previous psychiatric hospitalizations as risk factors for single and multiple future alcohol-related hospitalizations in patients with alcohol use disorders. Addiction, 119(2), pp. 291-300. (doi: 10.1111/add.16352) (PMID:37750192)

Falkowski, A. et al. (2023) How least developed to lower-middle income countries use health technology assessment: a scoping review. Pathogens and Global Health, 117(2), pp. 104-119. (doi: 10.1080/20477724.2022.2106108) (PMID:35950264) (PMCID:PMC9970250)

Fitzgerald, N., Manca, F., Uny, I., Martin, J. G., O'Donnell, R., Ford, A., Begley, A., Stead, M. and Lewsey, J. (2022) Lockdown and licensed premises: COVID-19 lessons for alcohol policy. Drug and Alcohol Review, 41(3), pp. 533-545. (doi: 10.1111/dar.13413) (PMID:34904313)

Manca, F. and Lewsey, J. (2021) Hospital discharge location and socioeconomic deprivation as risk factors for alcohol dependence relapses: a cohort study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 229(Part A), 109148. (doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109148)

Manca, M., Ferraresi, G., Manca, F. and Cosma, M. (2021) The role of Gait Analysis for functional surgery in brain damaged adults: a narrative review. Minerva Ortopedica e Traumatologica, (doi: 10.23736/S2784-8469.21.04127-4)

Manca, F., Lewsey, J. , Waterson, R., Kernaghan, S. M., Fitzpatrick, D., Mackay, D. , Angus, C. and Fitzgerald, N. (2021) Estimating the burden of alcohol on ambulance callouts through development and validation of an algorithm using electronic patient records. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12), 6363. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph18126363) (PMID:34208317) (PMCID:PMC8296189)

Manca, F., Robinson, E., Dillon, J. F. and Boyd, K. A. (2020) Eradicating Hepatitis C: are novel screening strategies for people who inject drugs cost-effective? International Journal of Drug Policy, 82, 102811. (doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102811) (PMID:32585583)

This list was generated on Tue May 20 21:13:59 2025 BST.

Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

Evaluation of overdose response teams
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2024 - 2026

Francesco photo Dec 18