The global economic cost of COVID-19 vaccine nationalism 2020
This brief summarises the global economic implications of COVID-19 vaccine nationalism and the associated inequitable access to vaccines across countries.
RAND Europe Research Briefs on Health and Healthcare
2020
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How can policy and practice support an innovating healthcare system? 2020
In light of the challenges facing the NHS, RAND Europe and the University of Manchester were asked to conduct a study on the potential of innovation to help deliver an efficient and effective healthcare service.
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Moving improvement forward in UK health and care: An evaluation of the Q Initiative 2016–2020 2020
An embedded evaluation of the Health Foundation's Q Initiative was conducted by RAND Europe from 2016 to 2020. The findings of the evaluation demonstrate how Q has impacted its members and national healthcare improvement work.
2019
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Options for funding the NHS and social care in the UK: How the UK general public would prefer extra funds to be raised 2019
What is the publicly preferred way to raise additional funds needed to meet growing demand for health and social care. Options are taxation, insurance, or user charges. We analyse the preferences of the UK general public using a choice experiment.
2018
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How resilience affects the transition experiences of UK Service leavers 2018
RAND Europe was commissioned by the Forces in Mind Trust to conduct a study on the role of resilience in shaping the transition experiences of UK Service leavers. The study also identified relevant insights from other sectors through analysis of the experiences of civilian comparator groups undergoing transition, including bereaved individuals, former prisoners and foster care leavers.
2017
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Why sleep matters: The economic costs of insufficient sleep 2017
Improving individual sleeping habits has huge implications. Small increases in sleep can make big differences to national economies. RAND Europe's novel study quantifies the economic and social costs of insufficient sleep among the global workforce.
2016
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Accelerating the Internet of Things in the UK: Linking policy with practice 2016
Using insights from Internet of Things (IoT) implementations and informed users of technology, RAND Europe carried out a study to support a process for policy feedback that will inform the development and adoption of the IoT in the UK.
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Europe's plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance: The success stories and challenges 2016
This brief presents a brief summary of findings from an evaluation of the European Commission's Evaluation of the EC Action Plan against the rising threats from antimicrobial resistance.
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Project Ecosystem: A global map of mental health research funding 2016
This brief summarizes a study mapping the global funding of mental health research from 2009 to 2014. It built a bottom up a picture of who the major funders are, what kinds of research they support and how their strategies relate to one another.
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Testing the Connection Between Social Spending and Better Health: U.S. Edition 2016
This brief discusses the implications of research findings that, in the United States, higher levels of social spending are strongly associated with better health.
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Testing the Connection Between Social Spending and Better Health: European Edition 2016
This brief discusses the implications of research findings that, within the European Union, higher levels of social spending are strongly associated with better health.
2015
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AF-related stroke prevention: today and the future: Summary for patients 2015
As heart arrhythmia atrial fibrillation (AF) is becoming more prevalent, we explored current and future landscapes for AF-related stroke prevention. Key areas for the future include public awareness and patient education.
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AF-related stroke prevention: today and the future: Summary for healthcare professionals 2015
As heart arrhythmia atrial fibrillation (AF) is becoming more prevalent, we explored current and future landscapes for AF-related stroke prevention. Key areas for the future include education of medical staff and engagement across health services.
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Analysing the economic impact of the Health Technology Assessment programme 2015
RAND Europe analysis of the economic benefits arising from a sample of projects funded through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme, and case studies exploring these impacts in more detail.
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The impact of the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme, 2003–13: a multi-method evaluation 2015
We assessed the impact of the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment programme on academic research, health policy, clinical practice, patient health and economic outcomes, and made recommendations for the future.
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Life around Cambridge: Results from the Cambridge Ahead Quality of Life survey 2015
Through an employee survey, we found that making the Cambridge area a better place to live requires a rounded approach. Housing and traffic were the greatest concerns, while leisure, education and health were associated with local area satisfaction.
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Privacy of health records: Europeans' preferences on electronic health data storage and sharing 2015
RAND Europe has collected evidence from one of the largest-ever surveys of citizens' views across Europe on security, surveillance and privacy issues in three scenarios: train travel, internet use and (described here) storage of health records.
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Psychological Wellbeing and Work: Improving outcomes for people with common mental health problems 2015
This brief summarises key findings and recommendations from a report that explores proposals to improve employment and health outcomes for people with common mental health problems.
2013
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Does integrated care deliver the benefits expected? Findings from 16 integrated care pilot initiatives in England 2013
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.
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Mapping pathways to HIV prevention: Developing evidence-based, people-centred strategies for the use of antiretrovirals 2013
Mapping Pathways is the first integrated, research-driven and community-led project to synthesise scientific evidence and local perspectives about antiretroviral drug-based HIV prevention strategies, in South Africa, India and the United States.
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Mental Health Retrosight: Identifying the attributes of successfully translated research (lessons from schizophrenia) 2013
Identifying the attributes of successfully translated research (lessons from schizophrenia); headline findings and policy provocations from the Mental Health Retrosight project.
2012
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Evaluating disease management programmes: Learning from diverse approaches across Europe 2012
The DISMEVAL consortium examined approaches to chronic disease management and its evaluation in 13 countries across Europe. The project identified and validated evaluation methods that can be used in situations where randomisation is not possible.
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Evaluating grant peer review: Key findings of a literature review of grant peer review in the health sciences 2012
This research brief summarises the key findings of a literature review of grant peer review in the health sciences.
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Guiding good research: Key findings from a review of biomedical research ethics 2012
This research brief summarises the key findings from a review of biomedical research ethics.
2011
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Project Retrosight: Understanding the returns from cardiovascular and stroke research 2011
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.