Research reports

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  • Revision of professional roles and quality improvement: a review of the evidence

    Miranda Laurant, Mirjam Harmsen, Marjan Faber, Hub Wollersheim, Bonnie Sibbald and Richard Grol, February 2010

    Our latest Quality Enhancing Intervention report considers the impact of professional role revision on quality of care.


  • Commissioning health

    Stephen Martin and Peter C Smith, February 2010

    This report, based on preliminary research which brings together a range of economic analysis methods, compares the efficiency of the English PCTs in producing a valued output; the health of their populations, in relation to the costs expended, as measured through programme budgeting data.


  • Patient care teams

    Marije Bosch, Marjan Faber, Gerlienke Voerman, Juliëtte Cruijsberg, Professor Richard Grol, Marlies Hulscher, Michel Wensing, December 2009

    This systematic review groups studies according to the particular objectives of the teams. By aggregating the results to these subgroups, the authors aimed to draw some headline measures about the effectiveness of different types of teams.


  • Safety and risk management in hospitals

    Michel Dückers, Marjan Faber, Juliëtte Cruijsberg, Richard Grol, Lisette Schoonhoven, Michel Wensing, December 2009

    This systematic review synthesises the evidence on the effectiveness of detection, mitigation and actions to reduce risks in hospitals and identifies and describes components of interventions responsible for effectiveness.


  • The Health Foundation’s position statement on effective leadership development

    Dr Lisa Anderson, Becky Malby, Kieran Mervyn, Professor Richard Thorpe, September 2009

    This report seeks to deepen our understanding of the nature of those leadership development interventions that are most likely to develop the skills and competences associated with quality improvement.


  • Does improving quality save money?

    Dr John Øvretveit, September 2009

    This report reviews the evidence of whether improving quality can also save money for health service providers. It explores the cost saving potential of initiatives to improve quality and the barriers to success.


  • Measuring value for money in healthcare: concepts and tools

    Peter C Smith, September 2009

    This report describes the various concepts of value for money and examines how measures are constructed. It discusses the challenges inherent in measuring value for money and assesses the priorities for future efforts in this domain.


  • Financial incentives, healthcare providers and quality improvements

    Jon Christianson, Sheila Leatherman, Kim Sutherland, July 2009

    This report reviews the literature to determine how financial incentives affect the quality of care delivered by healthcare organisations and individuals. It was updated and republished in July 2009.


  • Collaboratives

    Marlies Hulscher, Loes Schouten, Richard Grol, July 2009

    This report aims to describe the effectiveness of the Quality Improvement Collaborative approach by systematically reviewing empirical studies.


  • The link between health spending and health outcomes for the new English primary care trusts

    Stephen Martin, Nigel Rice, Peter C Smith, June 2009

    Our third report on programme budget data analysis builds on a unique methodology developed by the research team at the University of York.