Prof. Wei Gao
King's College London, UK
E-mail: wei.gao@kcl.ac.uk
Qualifications
2000 Ph.D., Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China, Epidemiology and Health Statistics
1995 M.Med., Tongji Medical University, China, Environmental Health
1992 B.Med., Tongji Medical University, China, Preventive Medicine
Publications (Selected)
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Henson LA,
Edmonds P, Johnston A, Johnson HE, Ng Yin Ling C, Sklavounos A,
Ellis-Smith C, Gao W. Population-Based Quality Indicators for End-of-Life
Cancer Care: A Systematic Review. JAMA Oncol. 2019 Oct 24.
doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.3388. Epub ahead of print.
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Peng JK,
Chang HH, Higginson IJ, Gao W. Intensive care utilization in patients with
end-stage liver disease: A population-based comparative study of cohorts
with and without comorbid hepatocellular carcinoma in Taiwan.
EClinicalMedicine. 2020 May 20; 22: 100357. doi:
10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100357.
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Gao W,
Gulliford M, Morgan M, Higginson IJ. Primary care service use by
end-of-life cancer patients: a nationwide population-based cohort study in
the United Kingdom. BMC Fam Pract. 2020 Apr 29; 21(1): 76. doi:10.1186/s12875-020-01127-8.
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Wilson R,
Hepgul N, Higginson IJ, Gao W. End-of-life care and place of death in
adults with serious mental illness: A systematic review and narrative
synthesis. Palliat Med. 2020 Jan; 34(1): 49-68. doi:
10.1177/0269216319867847.Epub 2019 Oct 14.
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Wilson R,
Gaughran F, Whitburn T, Higginson IJ, Gao W. Place of death and other
factors associated with unnatural mortality in patients with serious
mental disorders: population-based retrospective cohort study. BJPsych
Open. 2019 Mar; 5(2): e23. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2019.5.
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Chukwusa E,
Verne J, Polato G, Taylor R, J Higginson I, Gao W. Urban and rural
differences in geographical accessibility to inpatient palliative and
end-of-life (PEoLC) facilities and place of death: a national
population-based study in England, UK. Int J Health Geogr. 2019 May
6; 18(1): 8. doi:10.1186/s12942-019-0172-1.
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Wilson R,
Hepgul N, Saha RA, Higginson IJ, Gao W. Symptom dimensions in people
affected by long-term neurological conditions: a factor analysis of a
patient-centred palliative care outcome symptom scale. Sci Rep. 2019 Mar
21; 9(1): 4972. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-41370-3.
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Peng JK,
Higginson IJ, Gao W. Place of death and factors associated with hospital
death in patients who have died from liver disease in England: a national
population-based study. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Jan; 4(1): 52-62.
doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(18)30379-0. Epub 2018 Nov 22.
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Higginson
IJ, Reilly CC, Bajwah S, Maddocks M, Costantini M, Gao W; GUIDE_Care
project. Which patients with advanced respiratory disease die in hospital?
A 14-year population-based study of trends and associated factors. BMC
Med. 2017 Feb 1; 15(1): 19. doi: 10.1186/s12916-016-0776-2.
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Henson LA,
Gao W, Higginson IJ, Smith M, Davies JM, Ellis-Smith C, Daveson BA.
Emergency department attendance by patients with cancer in their last
month of life: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Clin Oncol. 2015
Feb 1; 33(4): 370-6. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.57.3568. Epub 2014 Dec 22.
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Evans CJ, Ho
Y, Daveson BA, Hall S, Higginson IJ, Gao W; GUIDE_Care project.Place and
cause of death in centenarians: a population-based observational study in
England, 2001 to 2010. PLoS Med. 2014 Jun 3; 11(6): e1001653.
doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001653.
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Gao W,
Gulliford M, Bennett MI, Murtagh FE, Higginson IJ. Managing cancer pain at
the end of life with multiple strong opioids: a population-based
retrospective cohort study in primary care. PLoS One. 2014 Jan
27; 9(1): e79266. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079266.
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Gao W, Ho
YK, Verne J, Glickman M, Higginson IJ; GUIDE_Care project. Changing
patterns in place of cancer death in England: a population-based study.
PLoS Med. 2013; 10(3): e1001410. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001410. Epub
2013 Mar 26.
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Higginson
IJ, Gao W. Opioid prescribing for cancer pain during the last 3 months of
life: associated factors and 9-year trends in a nationwide United Kingdom
cohort study. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Dec 10; 30(35): 4373-9. doi:
10.1200/JCO.2012.42.0919. Epub 2012 Oct 29.
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Gao W,
Gulliford M, Higginson IJ. Prescription patterns of analgesics in the last
3 months of life: a retrospective analysis of 10202 lung cancer patients.
Br J Cancer. 2011 May 24; 104(11): 1704-10. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2011.150. Epub
2011 May 3.