REsource Notes: Evaluation and Performance Management

Does integrated care deliver the benefits expected? Findings from 16 integrated care pilot initiatives in England — 2013

• Martin Roland,
• Richard Lewis,
• Adam Steventon,
• Gary A. Abel,
• John L. Adams,
• Martin Bardsley,
• Laura Brereton,
• Xavier Chitnis,
• Annalijn Conklin,
• Laura Staetsky,
• et al.

RAND Europe co-led an evaluation of 16 varied pilot projects initiated by the Department of Health (England) as a means to explore new ways of integrating patient care from different local provider.

• Research Brief

Bibliometrics: Key findings from a report on the theory and practice of bibliometrics in health research — 2012

• Sharif Ismail,
• Edward Nason,
• Sonja Marjanovic,
• Jonathan Grant

This research brief summarises the key findings from a report on the theory and practice of bibliometrics in health research.

• Research Brief

Evaluating grant peer review: Key findings of a literature review of grant peer review in the health sciences — 2012

• Sharif Ismail,
• Alice Farrands,
• Steven Wooding

This research brief summarises the key findings of a literature review of grant peer review in the health sciences.

• Research Brief

Evaluation of the Social Impact Bond: Lessons from planning and early implementation at HMP Peterborough — 2011

• Emma Disley,
• Jennifer Rubin,
• Emily Scraggs,
• Nina Burrowes,
• Deirdre May Culley

RAND Europe has evaluated the world's first Social Impact Bond (SIB), an innovative payment-by-results mechanism to fund public services which aims to reduce reoffending by prisoners. This report presents the initial findings of the evaluation.

• Research Brief

Monitoring and Evaluation in Stabilisation Interventions: Rationale, challenges and principles of effective monitoring and evaluation — 2011

• Christian van Stolk,
• Tom Ling,
• Anais Reding,
• Matt Bassford

Reviews the state of the art in monitoring and evaluation of stabilisation operations and suggests ways forward.

• Research Brief

Project Retrosight: Understanding the returns from cardiovascular and stroke research — 2011

• Steven Wooding,
• Stephen Hanney,
• Alexandra Pollitt,
• Martin Buxton,
• Jonathan Grant

Project Retrosight analysed 29 case studies of cardiovascular and stroke research in Australia, Canada and the UK, examining the diversity of impact produced by this kind of research and identifying factors associated with various levels of payback.

• Research Brief

How to leave an Olympic Legacy: Using the past and the present to deliver the future — 2008

• Lindsay Clutterbuck,
• Edward Nason,
• Lynne Saylor,
• Ruth Levitt,
• Michael Hallsworth,
• Lisa Klautzer,
• Lila Rabinovich,
• Samir Puri,
• Greg Hannah,
• Aruna Sivakumar,
• et al.

Setting the Agenda for an Evidence-based Olympics is a RAND Europe initiative that reveals how our rigorous research and analysis can help policy and decision makers to address the immense challenges of London's Olympic Games.

• Research Brief

Mapping the impact: Exploring the impact of arthritis research — 2008

• Steven Wooding

Describes a survey tool developed for the Arthritis Research Campaign (arc) that enables arc to map its entire research portfolio, analyse the returns from individual grants and compare different types of grants.

• Research Brief

Measuring the benefits from research — 2007

This brief provides insight into the issues involved in research measurement and evaluation, and offers ways to approach the objective of assessing benefit. It also provides a 'toolkit' for use in the evaluation process.

• Research Brief

Reviewing the returns of research: Capturing payback from funding by the Arthritis Research Campaign — 2007

Research charities are under increasing pressure to improve the translation of new scientific knowledge into benefit for patients. This research brief outlines a novel evaluation of paybacks of research grants by the Arthritis Research Campaign.

• Research Brief