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Americans Don't Sleep Enough, and It's Costing Us $411 Billion
Sleep and sleep loss are often considered to be among the most intimate of personal behaviors, but sleep matters to all aspects of society, from an individual’s health to the success of the global economy.
Nov 30, 2016
News Release
Lack of Sleep Costing U.S. Economy Up to $411 Billion a Year
Sleep deprivation leads to a higher mortality risk and lower productivity levels among the workforce, putting a significant damper on a nation's economy. It leads to the U.S. losing around 1.2 million working days a year.
Nov 30, 2016
News Release
Lack of Sleep Costing UK Economy Up to £40 Billion a Year
Sleep deprivation leads to a higher mortality risk and lower productivity levels among the workforce, putting a significant damper on a nation's economy. It leads to the UK losing around 200,000 working days a year.
Nov 30, 2016
Report
Sleep Deprivation Has Economic, Physical, and Social Consequences
Sleep deprivation leads to a higher mortality risk and lower productivity levels among the workforce, putting a significant damper on a nation's economy.
Nov 30, 2016
Commercial Book
Policing Integration: The Sociology of Police Coordination Work
This book critically examines coordination work between police officers and agencies; it builds on extensive fieldwork in a multi-jurisdictional environment in Canada alongside a detailed review of ongoing research and debates.
Oct 15, 2015
Report
Airpower in the Libyan Civil War
In 2011, a coalition of nations waged a war against Muammar Qaddafi's regime that reversed the tide of Libya's civil war. The intervention's central element was a relatively small air campaign. What lessons did each nation glean from the experience?
Jul 8, 2015
Journal Article
Understanding Factors Associated with the Translation of Cardiovascular Research: A Multinational Case Study Approach
We built an international consortium and developed a multinational case study approach to assess benefits arising from health research.
Jan 1, 2014
News Release
What Makes Biomedical and Health Research More Likely to Benefit Patients
To make an impact on patient care within a 20-year timeframe, biomedical research funders and policymakers should focus resources on clinical rather than basic research, and support individuals who work across disciplinary boundaries and are motivated by patient need.
Oct 28, 2013
Research Brief
Mental Health Retrosight: Identifying the attributes of successfully translated research (lessons from schizophrenia)
Identifying the attributes of successfully translated research (lessons from schizophrenia); headline findings and policy provocations from the Mental Health Retrosight project.
Oct 28, 2013
Report
Mental Health Retrosight: Methods and Methodology Report
Examines the impacts arising from neuroscience and mental health research over 20-25 years, focusing on schizophrenia. Identifies attributes of the research, researchers or setting associated with translation into patient benefit. Methods.
Oct 28, 2013
Report
How to Make Research More Likely to Benefit Patients with Schizophrenia
To make an impact on patient care within a 20-year timeframe, biomedical research funders and policymakers should focus resources on clinical rather than basic research, and support individuals who work across disciplinary boundaries and are motivated by patient need.
Oct 28, 2013
Report
Mental Health Retrosight: Perspectives
Examines the impacts arising from neuroscience and mental health research over 20-25 years, focusing on schizophrenia. Identifies attributes of the research, researchers or setting associated with translation into patient benefit. Perspectives.
Oct 28, 2013
Report
Mental Health Retrosight: Case studies
Examines the impacts arising from neuroscience and mental health research over 20-25 years, focusing on schizophrenia. Identifies attributes of the research, researchers or setting associated with translation into patient benefit. Case studies.
Oct 28, 2013
Report
International Price Comparison for Pharmaceuticals
The international impact of pharmaceutical pricing changes in the United Kingdom is likely to be minimal or indirect. This is due largely to the diverse ways that various other countries implement international price comparisons.
Jun 4, 2013
Journal Article
Are United States and Canadian Cancer Screening Rates Consistent with Guideline Information Regarding the Age of Screening Initiation?
US and Canadian differences in cancer screening due to each country's guidelines can potentially explain cross-country differences in breast cancer mortality and affect interpretation of international comparisons of cancer statistics.
Sep 1, 2011
News Release
New Report Helps Inform Decisions about How Science Should Be Funded
Project Retrosight analysed 29 case studies of cardiovascular and stroke research in Australia, Canada, and the UK, and found that clinical research has greater societal impact over a 15-20 year timescale, while basic research has greater academic impact.
Mar 7, 2011
Research Brief
Understanding the returns from cardiovascular and stroke research
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.
Mar 6, 2011
Report
Project Retrosight: Understanding the returns from cardiovascular and stroke research: Methodology Report
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.
Mar 6, 2011
Report
Understanding the Returns from Cardiovascular and Stroke Research
Project Retrosight analyzed 29 case studies of cardiovascular and stroke research in Australia, Canada, and the UK, and found that clinical research has greater societal impact over a 15–20 year timescale, while basic research has greater academic impact.
Mar 6, 2011
Journal Article
Healthcare Services: Strategy, Direction and Delivery
Examines the health policy and practice context for healthcare management and the specific challenges of managing healthcare organizations.
Jan 2, 2011

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