Spotlight on 2012 presents the highlights of RAND Europe's research and other activities in 2012. We describe these in the context of the 'life cycle' of a policy issue to indicate the different stages in policy formation at which our research and analysis supports policy and decisionmaking.
This report is a summary of the result of an evaluation of the 16 DH integrated care pilots (ICPs).
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.
Analyzes the impact of worksite wellness programs on health and financial outcomes, and the effect of incentives on participation.
RAND Europe's annual report, Spotlight 2011, focuses on selected present and past RAND Europe signature research. With 2012 being our 20th anniversary year, the report features some of our most recent work while reflecting on how RAND Europe has developed and remained relevant over the last two decades. It also highlights selected research and corporate activity in 2011.
This report catalogues the first phase of an evaluation of the nine Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs) established in October 2008 by the UK National Institute for Health Research.
This report reviews academic and grey literature on disease management evaluation methods and metrics to identify key conceptual, methodological and analytical challenges and possible solutions to assess effects of such complex health interventions.
An independent evaluation of Primary Authority was commissioned from RAND Europe in November 2010 to confirm it was delivering consistency for businesses operating across local authority areas.
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.
Examines the health policy and practice context for healthcare management and the specific challenges of managing healthcare organizations. The authors use four countries, Canada, England, Germany, and the United States, as a means to illustrate typical healthcare systems features and the most fundamental directions of change in the governance of healthcare provision.
This report reviews information systems that report on the quality or performance of providers of healthcare in seven countries to inform the use and further development of quality information systems in the English NHS.
This report identifies early lessons from the development and implementation of the world's first Social Impact Bond, which is being piloted by the UK Ministry of Justice and aims to provide interventions to reduce reoffending.
The economic crisis of 2008 has undone much of the progress on improving employment and growth in Europe. The review concludes that policy makers should focus on enabling social policy that allows individuals to achieve their productive potential.
Reviews the state of the art in monitoring and evaluation of stabilisation operations and suggests ways forward.
This paper outlines the issues, and finds merit in developing non-standard incentives, such as prizes, to support excellence in health research in addition to 'standard' performance management and routine inspection.
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.
This work explores impacts of cardiovascular and stroke research funded 15–20 years ago and draws out aspects associated with high or low impact. It describes 29 case studies of grants from Australia, Canada and UK. Methodology volume.
This work explores impacts of cardiovascular and stroke research funded 15–20 years ago and draws out aspects associated with high or low impact. It describes 29 case studies of grants from Australia, Canada and UK.
This work explores impacts of cardiovascular and stroke research funded 15-20 years ago and draws out aspects associated with high or low impact. It describes 29 case studies of grants from Australia, Canada and UK. Policy summary volume.
This report was commissioned by the Ministry of Education to identify the scope for reform and improvement within the Greek R&D system. It is based on analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats relating to the research system.
This report provides an overview of international good practice in using data for policymaking. It develops a conceptual framework for analysing data strategies and provides examples of good practice in data management from thirteen case studies.
Should the Department of Work & Pensions have its accounts signed off? RAND Europe's international benchmark of fraud and error in social security systems.
An international review of approaches to assessing the wider impact of research carried out for the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Examines Australian RQF, UK RAISS, US PART and Dutch ERiC framework.
What is the role of government in a borderless internet world? RAND Europe assesses the implications for policy makers.
In response to concerns that the needs of the aging population for well-integrated care were increasing, the English National Health Service (NHS) appointed 16 Integrated Care Pilots following a national competition.
