How commissioners use research evidence

How commissioners use research evidence?
NIHR Dissemination Centre March 2018

• A summary of NIHR funded six studies into the behaviour of individual managers and the way in which commissioning organisations make sense of and use research information when making decisions.

See also The capacity of health service commissioners to use evidence: a case study

Exploring the importance of evidence in local health and wellbeing strategies

Exploring the importance of evidence in local health and wellbeing strategies
Journal of Public Health, v40 (suppl_1) pi13–i23, 1 March 2018

• This study employs documentary analysis of Health and Wellbeing Strategies to (i) explore the extent of research evidence use in public health decision-making; (ii) to analyse occurrences of research evidence use in decision-making and (iii) to ascertain whether patterns of evidence use overlap with other area characteristics. 
• Analysis found that local areas are undertaking their own programmes of research to inform specific questions, and that qualitative research evidence and evidence on the effectiveness of interventions are underused.

Incentives and evidence based practice

Paying Wisely: Reforming Incentives to Promote Evidence-Based Decisions at the Point of Care
Center on Healthcare Effectiveness, October 2012

• An examination of the impact of incentives at different stages of Clinical Decision-Making Process
• The authors conclude that “a combination of payment reforms— grounded in re-calibrated fee-for-service incentives— may be the most effective way to enhance evidence-based decision making at the point of care."