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Misericòrdia Carles is an associate professor at the Department of Economics of Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). She obtained her bachelor degree in Economics at UNED and undertook postgraduate studies at URV, where she obtained her PhD on topics related to health economics.

Her main research interest focuses on issues dealing with the management of health care institutions, the evaluation of clinical trials, cost-benefit analysis of medical treatments and the regional impact of health care organizations.

Currently, she is Vice-rector for Knowledge Transfer and Innovation. She has also been Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business of URV

Publications

Articles in journals JCR

• Bosch-Frigola, I.; Coca-Villalba, F.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia (2023): "Diabetes mellitus and inequalities in the equipment and use of information technologies as a socioeconomic determinant of health in Spain", Frontiers in Public Health ,https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1033461,
• Lucas-Noll, J.; Clua-Espuny, J.L.; Lleixà-Fortuno, M.; Gavaldà-Espelta, E.; Queralt-Tomas, L.; anisello-Tafalla, A.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia (2023): "The costs associated with stroke care continuum: a systematic review", Health Economics Review ,13, 32
• Lucas-Noll, J.; Lleixà-Fortuno, M.; Queralt-Tomas, L.; Panisello-Tafalla, A.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Clua-Espuny, J.L. (2023): "Organización y costes de la atención extrahospitalaria del ictus. Revisión sistemática de la literatura", Atención Primaria ,55, 102578
• López-Panisello, M.B.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Rué, M.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia (2023): "Factors influencing intention to participate in breast cancer screening. An exploratory structural model", Plos One ,18(2), e0281454
• Mas-Dalmau, G.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Alonso-Coello, P.; Gorrotxategi-Gorrotxategi, P.; Argüelles-Prendes, E.; Espinazo-Ramos, O.; Valls-Duran, T.; Gonzalo-Alonso, M.E.; Cortés-Viana, M.P.; Menéndez-Bada, T.; Vázquez-Fernandez, M.E.; Pérez-Hernández, A.I.; Munoz-Ortiz, L.; Villanueva-López, C.; Little, P.; de la Poza-Abad, M.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; behalf of the DAP Paediatrics Group (2023): "A trial‑based cost‑effectiveness analysis of antibiotic prescription strategies for non‑complicated respiratory tract infections in children", BMC Pedriatics ,23, 497
• Popova E.; Alonso-Coello P.; Álvarez-García J.; Paniagua-Iglesias P.; Rué-Monné M.; Vives-Borrás M.; Font-Gual A.; Gich-Saladich I.; Martínez-Bru C.; Ordóñez-Llanos J; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia (2023): "Cost-effectiveness of a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T systematic screening strategy compared with usual care to identify patients with peri-operative", European Journal of Anaesthesiology ,40(3), 179-189
• Bosch-Frigola, I.; Coca-Villalba, F.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia (2022): "European national health plans and the monitoring of online searches for information on diabetes mellitus in different European healthcare systems", Frontiers in Public Health ,1023404,
• Hernández-Leal, M.J.; Codern-Bpvé, N.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Cardona-Cardona, A.; Vidal-Lancis, C.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; on behalf of the Proshare group (2022): "Development of support material for health professionals who are implementing Shared Decision-making in breast cancer screening: validation using the Delphi technique", BMJ Open ,12, Issue 2
• Hernández-Leal, M.J.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Cardona-Cardona, A.; Codern-Bové, N.; Vidal-Lancis, C.; Rué, M.; Forné, C.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; on behalf of the ProShare group (2022): "Women’s preference to apply shared decision-making in breast cancer screening: a discrete choice experiment", BMJ Open ,12, Issue 11
• Laza-Vásquez, C.; Codern-Bové, N.; Cardona-Cardona, A.; Hernández-Leal, M.J.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Rué, M.; on behalf of the DECIDO group (2022): "Views of health professionals on risk-based breast cancer screening and its implementation in the Spanish National Health System: A qualitative discussion group study", Plos One ,17 (2),
• Laza-Vásquez, C.; Hernández-Leal, M.J.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Rué, M.; on behalf of the DECIDO group (2022): “Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of a Personalized Breast Cancer Screening Program: Views of Spanish Health Professionals”, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ,19, 1406
• Hernández Leal, Mª José; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Feijoo-Cid, M.; Ramos-García, V.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia (2021): "Healthcare professionals’ behaviour regarding the implementation of shared decision-making in screening programmes: A systematic review", Patient Education and Counceling ,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2021.01.032,
• Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Martínez-Alonso, M.; Pons, A.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Perestelo-Pérez, L.; Sala, M.; Vidal, C.; Garcia, M.; Toledo-Chávarri, A.; Codern, N.; Feijoo-Cid, M.; Romero, A.; Pla, R.; Soler-González, J.; Castells, X.; Rué, M.*on behalf of the InforMa Group (2017): "The Effect of information about the benefits and harms of mammography on women's decision-making: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial", Trials ,18, 426, 1-8
• Martínez-Alonso, M.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Pons, A.; Garcia, M.; Rué, M.*on behalf of the InforMa Group (2017): "Assessment of the effects of decision aids about breast cancer screening: a systematic review and meta-analysis", BMJ Open ,7, 10, 1-10
• Posso, M.; Puig, T.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Rué, M.; Canelo-Aybar, C.; Bonfill, X. (2017): "Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of double reading in digital mammography screening: A systematic review and meta-analysis", European Journal of Radiology ,96, 40-49
• Toledo-Chávarri, A.; Rué, M.; Codern-Bové, N.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Perestelo-Pérez, L.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Feijoo-Cid, M. on behalf of the InforMa Study Group (2017): "A qualitative study on a decision aid for breast cancer screening: views from women and health professionals", European Journal of Cancer Care ,26, 3, 1-11
• Posso, M.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Rué, M.; Puig, T.; Bonfill, X. (2016): "Cost-effectiveness of double reading versus single reading of mammograms in a breast cancer screening programme", Plos One ,11, 7, 1-13
• Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Brosa, Max.; Souto, Juan Carlos.; García-Alamino, Josep Maria.; Guyatt, Gordon; Alonso-Coello, Pablo (2015): "Cost-effectiveness analysis of dabigatran and anticoagulation monitoring strategies of vitamin K antagonist", BMC health services research ,15.1, 1
• Vilaprinyó, Ester.; Forné, Carles.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Sala, Maria.; Pla, Roger.; Castells, Xavier.; Domingo, Laia; Rué, Montserrat (2014): "Cost-Effectiveness and Harm-Benefit Analyses of Risk-Based Screening Strategies for Breast Cancer", Plos One ,9, e86858
• marti.oliva; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia (2013): "Price dispersion in the private health insurance industry: The case of Catalonia", Economic Modelling ,31, 177–182
• Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Vilaprinyo, E.; Cots, F.; aleix.gregori; Pla, R.; Roman, R.; Sala, M.; Macia, F.; Castells, X.; Rue, M. (2011): "Cost-effectiveness of early detection of breast cancer in Catalonia (Spain)", BMC Cancer ,11, 192
• Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; aleix.gregori; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Gispert, R.; Martínez, M.; Vilaprinyo, E.; Pla, R.; Rué, M. (2010): "Evolución de la mortalidad por cáncer de mama y diseminación de la mamografía de cribado en Catalunya. Un análisi por regiones sanitarias", Revista Española de Salud Pública ,84(6), 691-703
• Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Rue, M.; Vilaprinyo, E.; Lee, S.; Martinez, M.; Gragera, R.; Pla, R.; Espinas, JA. (2009): "Effectiveness of early detection on breast cancer mortality reduction in Catalonia (Spain)", BMC Cancer ,9, 326
• Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Rué, M.; Vilaprinyó, E.; Martinez, M.; Espinàs, J.A.; Pla, R.; Brulugat, P. (2008): "Dissemination of periodic mammography and patterns of use, by cohort of birth, in Catalonia (Spain)", Bmc Cancer ,8, 336-347
• Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Vilaprinyó, E.; Gispert, R.; Martinez, M.; Pla, R.; Espinàs, J.A.; Rué, M. (2008): "Competing risks to breats cancer mortality in catalonia", Bmc Cancer ,8, 331-335

Articles in journals not indexed in the JCR

• Hernández-Leal, M.J.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia (2022): "Advances in shared decision-making for breast cancer screening in Spain”, Journal of Breast Cancer Research ,2(1), 19-22
• Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Llop Llop, Maria; López, B.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Sardà Pons, Jordi (2010): "Economic impact of a healthcare institution. An input-output model", The Empirical Economics Letters ,9(9), 883-888
• marti.oliva; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Murillo, C. (2002): "Contracts for outpatients in the private health insurance market. The spanish case", Health and Systems Science ,, 1-14

Books

• Llop Llop, Maria; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Sardà Pons, Jordi (2010): "El grup SAGESSA: activitat i impacte economic", Grup SAGESSA
• Pastor, I.; Aparicio, R.; Astelarra J.; Belzunegui A.; Brunet, I.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Duch, M.; Jordi Amorós, Catalina (2009): "Mujeres en la sanidad: Trayectorias profesionales y acceso a cargos de responsabilidad", Instituto de la Mujer. Ministerio de Trabajo y asuntos sociales
• marti.oliva; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; christian.duran; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José (2008): "Teoría de la Organización Industrial", Projecte Eina. URV. 2008

Book Chapters

• Rue, M.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Vilaprinyo, E.; Pla, R.; Martinez-Alonso, M.; Forne, C.; Roso, A.; Arrospide, A (2012): "How to Optimize Population Screening Programs for Breast Cancer Using Mathematical Models", Mammography - Recent Advances ,Dr. Nachiko Uchiyama (Ed.), ISBN:978-953-51-0285-4
• Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Sardà Pons, Jordi; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia (2010): "Efectos de género en la estimación de la dependencia", Pérez, O. (eds.) Mujeres: luchando por la igualdad, reivindicando la diferencia ,Dykinson; Debates del Instituto Bartolomé de las Casas, nº 14

Projects

With public

• Title: Effectiveness of early detection on breast cancer mortality reduction in Catalonia (Spain)

  Principal Investigator: Ester Montserrat Rue

  Members: Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Ma. Belén López Panisello

  Reference: Start Year: 2009 End Year: 2009

  Entity: Agència d'avaluació de Tecnologia i Recerca Mèdiques: Departament de Salut. Generalitat de Catalunya

• Title: El pla estratègic del Camp de Tarragona

  Principal Investigator: Segarra Blasco, Agustí

  Members: Teruel Carrizosa, Mercedes; Josep Bertran; Josep Maria Piñol; monica.martin; Ponce Alifonso, Xavier; Antoni Jordà; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Duro Moreno, Juan Antonio; Antoni Vidal; Fernando Campa

  Reference: Start Year: 2008 End Year: 2008

  Entity: Generalitat de Catalunya

• Title: Estratègies empresarials a la indústria manufacturera del Camp de Tarragona 1991-1993

  Principal Investigator: Carlos Murillo Fort

  Members: Segarra Blasco, Agustí; marti.oliva; josep.allepus; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; christian.duran; Manjón Antolín, Miquel; Josep Maria Mateo Sanz; Ponce Alifonso, Xavier

  Reference: GNI94-03 Start Year: 1994 End Year: 1995

  Entity: URV - Universitat Rovira i Virgili

• Title: Prospectiva de cambios en el sector asegurador en España y su interrelación con el sistema de salud

  Principal Investigator: Carlos Murillo Fort

  Members: Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Theilen, Bernd; Belén López Panisello; Pere Segarra; Beatriz González

  Reference: Economia sectorial / 009454 - Sector de la salut Start Year: 199 End Year: 2000

  Entity: MSCO - Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo

• Title: Anàlisi dels costos i els resultats del programa de Cribratge del càncer de mama a Catalunya

  Principal Investigator: Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia

  Members: Montserrat Rué

  Reference: Start Year: 2006 End Year: 2006

  Entity: ICAO - Institut Catala D'Oncologia

• Title: Modelos de evaluación de las intervenciones sanitarias: Aplicación al análisis del coste - efectividad de la detección precoz del cáncer de mama y de los tratamientos adyuvantes sobre la mortalidad por cáncer de mama en Cataluña

  Principal Investigator: Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia

  Members: Manolo Pla Farnos; Maria Teresa Puig Reixach; Josep Alfons Espinàs Piñol; Montserrat Rue Monne

  Reference: PI06/90355 Start Year: 2006 End Year: 2008

  Entity: ISC3 - Instituto de Salud Carlos III

Competitive calls

• Title: Optimización de los programas de cribado poblacional mediante modelos matemáticos: aplicación al cribado del cáncer de mama en España

  Principal Investigator: Montserrat Rué Monné

  Members: Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Ester Vilaprinyó; Roger Pla; Montserrat Martínez Alonso

  Reference: MD07/00088 Start Year: 2009 End Year: 2012

  Entity: ISC3 - Instituto de Salud Carlos III

• Title: Mujeres en la sanidad: trayectorias profesionales y acceso a cargos de responsabilidad

  Principal Investigator: María Inmaculada Pastor Gosálbez

  Members: Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Jordi Amorós, Catalina; Inma Pastor Gosálbez; Rosa Aparicio Casals; Judith Astelarra Bonomi; Angel Belzunegui Eraso; Ignasi Brunet icarr; Montse Duch Plana

  Reference: Start Year: 2006 End Year: 2009

  Entity: MICINN - Ministerio de Ciencia i Innovación

• Title: Mercados: Organización, información, contratos y Estado

  Principal Investigator: antonio.quesada

  Members: Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Corbella Domènech, Teresa; coia.domingo; Llop Llop, Maria; Manzano Tovar, Carolina; Bové Sans, Miquel Àngel; joan.mogas; marti.oliva; Theilen, Bernd

  Reference: SEJ2004-07477 Start Year: 2004 End Year: 2007

  Entity: MCYT - Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología

• Title:

  Principal Investigator: Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia

  Members:

  Reference: 2014 SGR 978 Start Year: 2014 End Year: 2017

  Entity: AGAUR - Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca. Generalitat de Catalunya.

With companies

• Title: Impacte econòmic de SAGESSA sobre el territori

  Principal Investigator: Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia

  Members: Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Llop Llop, Maria; Sardà Pons, Jordi; Ma. Belén López Panisello

  Reference: Start Year: 2009 End Year: 2010

  Entity: Grup SAGESSA

Curriculum