Assessing the impact of healthcare research: A systematic review of methodological frameworks.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasingly, researchers need to demonstrate the impact of their research to their sponsors, funders, and fellow academics. However, the most appropriate way of measuring the impact of healthcare research is subject to debate. We aimed to identify the existing methodological frameworks used to measure healthcare research impact and to summarise the common themes and metrics in an impact matrix.

Methods and findings

Two independent investigators systematically searched the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), the Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE), the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL+), the Health Management Information Consortium, and the Journal of Research Evaluation from inception until May 2017 for

SUBMITTER: Cruz Rivera S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5549933 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature