Assessing Benefits from Department of Health and National Health Service Research & Development |
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| Authors: | Martin Buxton,Steve Hanney,Tim Packwood,Simon Roberts,& Penny Youll |
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| Affiliation: | Health Economics Research Group, Brunel University,;Department of Government, Brunel University,;Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University,;Evaluation and Development Research Unit, The Tavistock Institute |
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| Abstract: | Public services in the UK are increasingly expected to account for their outputs and performance. This article describes a retrospective evaluation of the benefits from the R&D funded by a regional office of the NHS Executive. The methods adopted enabled the various elements of the region's R&D portfolio to be examined and provided a basis for the development of a plan for regular monitoring. The proposals for implementation are now also feeding into a debate as to how health services R&D might best be monitored nationally in a way that is compatible with the norms and practices of research in other contexts. |
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