Skip Navigation


Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on July 27, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44(9):1145-1156; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh708
This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
44/9/1145    most recent
keh708v1
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (5)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Wooding, S.
Right arrow Articles by Grant, J.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Wooding, S.
Right arrow Articles by Grant, J.
Related Collections
Right arrow Health Economics
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oupjournals.org

Payback arising from research funding: evaluation of the Arthritis Research Campaign

S. Wooding, S. Hanney1, M. Buxton1 and J. Grant

RAND Europe, Cambridge and 1 Health Economics Research Group, Brunel University, London, UK.

Correspondence to: S. Wooding, RAND Europe, Grafton House, 64 Maids Causeway, Cambridge CB5 8DD, UK. E-mail: wooding{at}rand.org

Objectives. Using a structured evaluation framework to systematically review and document the outputs and outcomes of research funded by the Arthritis Research Campaign in the early 1990s. To illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of different modes of research funding.

Methods. The payback framework was applied to 16 case studies of research grants funded in the early 1990s. Case study methodology included bibliometric analysis, literature and archival document review and key informant interviews.

Results. A range of research paybacks was identified from the 16 research grants. The payback included 302 peer-reviewed papers, postgraduate training and career development, including 28 PhD/MDs, research informing recommendations in clinical guidelines, improved quality of life for people with RA and the reduction of the likelihood of recurrent miscarriage for women with antiphospholipid syndrome. The payback arising from project grants appeared to be similar to that arising from other modes of funding that were better resourced.

Conclusions. There is a wide diversity of research payback. Short focused project grants seem to provide value for money.

KEY WORDS: Research evaluation, Arthritis, Research payback, Returns from research


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Rheumatology (Oxford)Home page
J. Reeve
Can research quality be estimated from journal titles?
Rheumatology, May 1, 2006; 45(5): 646 - 647.
[Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.