Dr Rita Patel
B.Sc.(Aston), M.Sc.(Bristol), PhD (Bristol)
Current positions
Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Contact
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Drug use in street sex workers: the DUSSK study
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
What we found and what this means
Fewer street sex workers took part than expected. This was because many of the women who could have taken part didn’t feel they were…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/02/2018 to 31/12/2020
Publications
Recent publications
02/02/2026Social inequalities in patient outcomes after total hip replacement surgery for osteoarthritis in England
PLOS Medicine
Costs and Outcomes after Primary and Revision Hip Replacements by Implant Bearing Materials
Value in Health
Reoperation in the year following hip fracture
The bone & joint journal
Following hip fracture, hospital organizational factors associated with prescription of anti-osteoporosis medication on discharge, to address imminent refracture risk
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
The association of bearing surface materials with the risk of revision following primary total hip replacement
PLOS Medicine
Related people
Professor Yoav Ben-Shlomo
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Celia Gregson
Professor in Clinical Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Professor Richard Martin
Associate Pro Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) & Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Andy Judge
Professor of Translational Statistics
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Professor Elsa Marques
Honorary Professor
Bristol Medical School (THS)