Assessing Benefits from Health Research Projects

Can We Use Questionnaires Instead of Case Studies?

Stephen Hanney, Allyson Ross Davies, Martin Buxton

ResearchPosted on rand.org 1999Published in: Research Evaluation, v. 8, No. 3, Dec 1999, p. 189-199

An evaluative framework was developed by the Health Economics Research Group (HERG) for the UK's Department of Health (DH) to assess the benefits from DH-funded R&D. A questionnaire was devised to evaluate research funded by the North Thames National Health Service Executive: it was designed using the HERG multidimensional categorisation and model. Eighteen projects were the subject of more detailed case study analysis. The questionnaires provided a reasonably robust mechanism for routine monitoring; they could be strengthened in various ways in response to weaknesses exposed in the case studies.

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  • Copyright: Beach Tree Publishing
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 1999
  • Pages: 11
  • Document Number: EP-199912-17

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