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Publication
October 2015

Examination of the Synthetic Control Method for Evaluating Health Policies with Multiple Treated Units

An article looking at the use of a synthetic control approach for evaluations using a quasi-experiment design was published in Health Economics.

Publication
October 2015

Improving healthcare for people with dementia in England: good progress but more to do

An article assessing improvements in dementia care was published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.

Reports
September 2015

Early evaluation of the Integrated Care and Support Pioneers Programme: Final report

The final report of the early evaluation.

Publication
September 2015

Getting England to be more physically active: are the Public Health Responsibility Deal’s physical activity pledges the answer?

An article on the physical activity pledges was published in the International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity.

Publication
September 2015

Improving evaluation methods

An article looking at approaches for evaluating continuous treatments was published in Health Economics.

Publication
August 2015

RCTs: How compatible are they with policy-making?

An article on the use of RCTs for policy making was published in the British Journal of Healthcare Management.

Publication
July 2015

Has a public–private partnership resulted in action on healthier diets in England?

An article looking at the effectiveness of the food pledges was published in Food Policy.

Publication
July 2015

Policy experiments: Investigating effectiveness or confirming direction?

An article on the effectiveness of policy experiments was published in Evaluation.

Publication
June 2015

Evaluation of the Effect of a Continuous Treatment: A Machine Learning Approach with an Application to Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury

This article was published in Health Economics.

Blog
May 2015

We need critical friends and robust challenge, not aloofness and separation

A strong relationship between policy-makers and academic evaluators is vital, particularly to support high quality implementation of change, says Anna Dixon, the Department of Health’s Director of Strategy and Chief Analyst.

Blog
April 2015

Policy process for implementing individual budgets highlights some of the tensions in public policy evaluation

A high profile initiative to transform social care delivery demonstrates how the demand for rigorous evaluation can be difficult to fulfil alongside enthusiastic policy advocacy, explains former government advisor, Gerald Wistow.

Reports
April 2015

Diagnostic odyssey for rare diseases: exploration of potential indicators

The final report from our evaluation on monitoring the diagnostic odyssey of rare diseases.

Publication
April 2015

Determinants of the choice of GP practice registration in England: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment

An article on a discrete choice experiment looking at the determinants of GP practice registration was published in Health Policy.

Blog
April 2015

Modelling lets evaluators test-drive change safel and cheaply, using a diversity of non-RCT evidence

Enhanced decision-making, blue-skies thinking and quick trials of hypotheses are all much easier if modelling is in your evaluation tool kit, explains Sally Brailsford.

Reports
March 2015

An evaluation of Social Impact Bonds in Health and Social Care: Interim Report

This is the interim report of the SIBs Trailblazer evaluation.