Behavioural insights and health care
Led by Chris Perry, Ipsos MORI, this research aimed to combine existing literature with expert interviews to better understand the opportunities to use behavioural interventions to improve efficiency ...
Projects we fund We fund hundreds of improvement and research projects around the UK looking for ways to improve the quality of health services
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What self-management outcomes matter most to patients, family care-givers, healthcare professionals and commissioners?
Led by Sara Demain, University of Southampton, this research aims to identify areas of consensus and difference about what self-management outcomes matter most to different stakeholders.
Re-conceptualising support for self-management of long term conditions
Led by Professor Vikki Entwistle, University of Aberdeen, this research aims to better develop the conceptual underpinnings of health and social care support for people living with long term condition...
Exploring and quantifying preferences towards self-management support interventions for individuals with long term health conditions
Led by Professor Andrea Manca, University of York, this research aims to explore the value that people with long term health conditions place on self-management support interventions.
How do people with diabetes value self-management support interventions?
Led by Professor John Brazier, University of Sheffield, this research aims to estimate the value of self-management of diabetes to patients both in quality adjusted life-years (QALY) and in monetary t...
A discrete choice experiment to value the personalisation of support for self-management of chronic pain
Led by Dr Christopher Burton, University of Aberdeen, this research aimed to examine how patients value the ways in which support for self-management of chronic pain is made personal to them, using di...
Health care technology diffusion in the NHS and workforce impact
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) team investigated the effect that new health care technologies have on the NHS workforce.
Network and competition effects in the diffusion of innovation in the NHS
The Imperial College London project used a multidisciplinary research approach to explore the factors that influence the take-up of innovative cancer treatments in hospitals.
Allocative efficiency of health spending on older people
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) research team investigated how public money is allocated across health and social care services for older people with different types of needs, and the effect on...
Impact of key GP characteristics on unscheduled secondary care use and patient outcomes
The Frontier Economics project examined whether GPs who are involved in training, commissioning and other initiatives achieve better outcomes for patients with long-term conditions, and contribute to ...
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