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February 2015
Early evaluation of the Integrated Care and Support Pioneers Programme: Interim report
An interim report of the early evaluation. The final report was published in September 2015.
February 2015
Evaluation of Direct Payments in Residential Care Trailblazers: First interim report
We did two interim reports in 2015. The final report of the evaluation was published in 2017.
February 2015
Patients’ experiences of the choice of GP practice pilot, 2012/2013: a mixed methods evaluation
An article looking at patient experience of the GP choice scheme was published in BMJ.
December 2014
Potential impact of removing general practice boundaries in England: A policy analysis
An article describing the policy implications of removing general practice boundaries was published in Health Policy.
December 2014
Impact of initiatives to improve access to, and choice of, primary and urgent care in the England: A systematic review
A systematic review of initiatives to improve patient access to primary care was carried out and published in Health Policy.
December 2014
Research units are performing a difficult balancing act … but we’re still smiling
Our ambition to co-produce evidence with advisors and officials is fraught with challenges, but remains a worthy goal with valuable benefits, explains PIRU director, Nicholas Mays.
November 2014
Evaluations should share interim findings only when pieces of research are completed and on terms that are agreed in advance
A global maternal health initiative that could save thousands of lives has highlighted dilemmas for those assessing its performance, says Oona Campbell.
November 2014
The Multiple Purposes of Policy Piloting and Their Consequences: Three Examples from National Health and Social Care Policy in England
An article on the purposes of policy pilots and their consequences was published in the Journal of Social Policy.
October 2014
Rapid, real-time feedback from evaluation, as well as programme flexibility, is vital to health service improvement
We should learn from Melanesian Islanders that feedback provides the deep understanding of interventions which is key to wide-scale, successful roll-out, says Tom Woodcock.
October 2014
Independent assessment of improvements in dementia care and support since 2009
The final report of our evaluation to map data available and to summarise key research evidence on trends in dementia care in England since 2009.
September 2014
Let’s be honest that pilots are not just about testing: they’re also about engineering the politics of change
There is more to policy piloting than evaluation – piloting is a policy tool in itself, not only a means for conducting research, says Stefanie Ettelt.
September 2014
Follow Africa’s lead in meticulous evaluation of P4P schemes for healthcare
Working with researchers to evaluate the introduction of financial incentives in developed healthcare economies would yield vital knowledge, explains Mylene Lagarde.
August 2014
Health econometric evaluation of the effects of a continuous treatment: a machine learning approach
A working paper on the use of machine learning for estimating the effects of continuous treatments was published by the University of York.
July 2014
Healthy Outlook evaluation
PIRU evaluated the extent to which Healthy Outlook reduced hospital admissions and mortality. The results were published in the Journal of Public Health.
July 2014
Don’t ditch evaluations just because pilots are hitch-free
PIRU’s experience with the ‘Choice of GP Practice Pilot’ suggests the need for continuing independent evaluation of policy roll-outs.
