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10538882

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-8-25
pubmed:abstractText
The standard linear method of commissioning research involves many stages, some lengthy. While assessment criteria are usually explicit, their weighting and interaction are not. Output is assessed on completion. This method is suitable where the research question is clear-cut. However, it has drawbacks when the research question and the form and scope of the research are not clear at the outset, as is often the case with research on the delivery and organisation of services. Also, it does not encourage potential users of the research to develop a sense of ownership. An alternative method is proposed by which the scope, form and content of research are not specified in advance but are developed iteratively. A programme director, advised by a group of potential users and research commissioners, has devolved authority to commit funding for the stages of the work as it unfolds, predicated on evolving need. There are foreseeable but avoidable risks of the group over-identifying with the researchers, of research management becoming cumbersome, and of unproductive friction between research groups when they are required to work together. The iterative method, being new and untried, is itself an organisational change requiring evaluation. However, from our local experience, it provides for productive dialogue between research commissioners, researchers and potential users.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
H
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1355-8196
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
164-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Commissioning health services research: an iterative method.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article