Publications by Date
2012
Postmenopausal osteoporosis management: A review of the evidence to inform the development of quality indicators — May 9, 2012
The report work aims to inform the development of quality indicators for postmenopausal osteoporosis management in Europe.
Assessment of the implementation of the EU Drugs Strategy 2005—2012 and its Action Plans — April 18, 2012
This report sets out findings from an independent evaluation of the EU Drugs Strategy 2005-12 and Action Plans. The research examined the implementation, relevance and influence of the Strategy and its added value for Member States and at EU level.
DISMEVAL Developing and validating disease management evaluation methods for European healthcare systems: Final report — April 4, 2012
The report presents the overall findings of work carried out within the DISMEVAL project. It reviews approaches to chronic care in Europe and reports on methods and metrics for the evaluation of disease management interventions in six countries.
Evaluating chronic disease management: Recommendations for funders and users — April 4, 2012
This report outlines choices, options and trade-offs to policymakers, programme operators and researchers interested in the evaluation of chronic disease management. It is based on analyses undertaken within the DISMEVAL project.
Feasibility Study for a European Cybercrime Centre — March 27, 2012
RAND Europe conducted a feasibility study on a European Cybercrime Centre by reviewing literature, conducting extensive consultations with law enforcement and a scenario based workshop. The study evaluated different options for the set up of the ECC.
National Evaluation of the DH Integrated Care Pilots — March 22, 2012
This report is the result of an evaluation of the 16 DH integrated care pilots (ICPs).
National Evaluation of the DH Integrated Care Pilots: Appendices — March 22, 2012
This report contains appendices to the result of an evaluation of the 16 DH integrated care pilots (ICPs).
National Evaluation of the DH Integrated Care Pilots: Summary — March 22, 2012
This report is a summary of the result of an evaluation of the 16 DH integrated care pilots (ICPs).
Funding and performance on clinical guidelines: The cases of dementia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease — March 22, 2012
This exploratory study investigates the characteristics of publications cited on clinical guidelines, and the funding sources they acknowledge, in order to better understand how research is translated into changes in policy and practice.
Application System for Sydney Strategic Travel Model — March 13, 2012
This report documents work to update the Application System of the Sydney Strategic Model (STM). The Application System implements models of frequency, mode and destination choice for each of the nine travel purposes in the STM.
The National Institute for Health Research Leadership Programme: An evaluation of programme progress and delivery — March 8, 2012
RAND Europe evaluated the National Institute for Health Research Leadership Programme to help the English Department of Health consider the extent to which the programme has helped to foster wider research aims and extract lessons for the future.
SMART TRASH: Study on RFID tags and the recycling industry: Interim Report (D3) SMART 2010/0042 — March 6, 2012
Aims to assess the environmental impact of the RFID tags themselves as well as the environmental advantages that the use of RFID can provide to product lifecycle management.
Individual disengagement from Al Qa'ida-influenced terrorist groups: A Rapid Evidence Assessment to inform policy and practice in preventing terrorism — March 2, 2012
This project reviewed available evidence on factors associated with exit from violent extremist groups and the effectiveness of interventions to encourage individuals to leave such groups, to inform the UK counterterrorism strategy.
Use of outcome metrics to measure quality in education and training of healthcare professionals: A scoping review of international experiences — March 2, 2012
This brief report is designed as an exploratory review, with a focus on the use of quality indicators to assess and monitor the delivery of healthcare education and training in international settings.
Innovation Networks: More Than Just a Metaphor? — March 1, 2012
Networks are increasingly invoked by contemporary economists as a novel mode of organising human endeavours, somewhere between price markets and command hierarchies, somehow able to produce coordinated coherence. The book emerges from a European Commission project aimed at developing new indicators and measures of innovation.
Bringing the electric vehicle to the mass market: a review of barriers, facilitators and policy interventions — February 17, 2012
Provides an international overview of the barriers and facilitators to the wider adoption of electric vehicles.
Sustainable Development in the National Health Service (NHS): The views and values of NHS leaders — January 31, 2012
A first systematic picture of United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS) leaders' views of priorities and approaches regarding sustainable development (SD). Survey and interview responses are drawn on to show the importance of SD and ways forward.
Preventing emergency readmissions to hospital: A scoping review — January 25, 2012
The study reports on the evidence and potential for use of 'emergency readmissions within 28 days of discharge from hospital' as an indicator within the NHS Outcomes Framework, drawing on a rapid review of systematic reviews.
Impact and the Research Excellence Framework: New challenges for universities — January 19, 2012
The ImpactFinder provides an overview of research impact and a basis for more detailed examination of the 'why and how' of research translation. The tool is implemented as a web questionnaire and collects information across a range of social, cultural and economic impacts. It was developed to meet the need of the UK's new framework for research funding but potentially has wider application.
Sydney Strategic Model Population Synthesiser, 2006 Base — January 13, 2012
This report documents work to update the Population Synthesiser component of the Sydney Strategic Model (STM). The Population Synthesiser generates forecasts of the future Sydney population by spatial area and socio-economic segment.
Crowdsourcing Based Business Models: In Search of Evidence for Innovation 2.0 — January 1, 2012
Open innovation has gained increased attention as a potential paradigm for improving innovation performance. This paper addresses crowdsourcing, an under-researched type of open innovation that is often enabled by the web.
Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: KPN, the Netherlands — January 1, 2012
In the Netherlands employers were encouraged to invest more in education and training instead of preferential age-related benefits, as part of efforts to make employing older staff more attractive to companies.
Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: BARCO, Belgium — January 1, 2012
According to representatives of the company interviewed for this case study, there has been a greater willingness to recruit people aged 50 or more during the economic cycle of the past two to three years, but this is cyclical.
Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: DHV, the Netherlands — January 1, 2012
DHV, a company reliant on the knowledge and personal skills of people, has placed strong emphasis on training and development, on promoting a healthy workforce, as well as on new ways of working, all of which provide more freedom for workers to choose the means to do their work.
Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: Vienna General Hospital (AKH Wien), Austria — January 1, 2012
Vienna General Hospital sees the importance of the tackling the issue of ageing in terms of organisational strategy, organisational culture, personal development, organisation of work, and individual health of employees.
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