Table 1 Availability of information for the assessment of research impact using Payback Framework categories
Project 1 | Project 2 | Project 3 | Project 4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Funding source | NHMRC | PHCRED | NHMRC | GPEP | |
Funding amount (Au$) | 135,000 | 134,000 | 150,000 | 156,000 | |
Completion Dates | 2002–2004 | 2003–2005 | 1999–2000 | 2000–2002 | |
Project methods | Action research | Case notes audit | RCT | Case note audit | |
Number of interviews | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
Payback category | Scope | ||||
Knowledge production | Peer reviewed articles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Listed in the ISI index | ✓ | ||||
Listed in Scopus | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Citations | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Journal impact factor | ✓ | ||||
Readership targeted by journal articles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Research targeting, capacity building and absorption | Better targeting of future research | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Development of research skills, personnel and research capacity | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Critical capacity to utilize appropriately existing research | ✓ | ||||
Staff development and educational benefits | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Informing policy and product development | Improved information base on which to take political and executive decisions | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Clinical or regional guidelines | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Education/training policies or audit and evaluation criteria, | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | |
Inclusion in systematic review | ✓ | ||||
Inform product development | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Health and health sector benefits | Cost reduction in the delivery of existing services | ✓ | |||
Qualitative improvements in process of service delivery | ~ | ✓ | |||
Increased effectiveness of health services: increased health | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Equity: improved allocation of resources at an area level, better targeting, accessibility. | ✓ | ~ | |||
Revenues gained from intellectual property rights | ✓ | ||||
Broader economic benefits | Wider economic benefits from commercial exploitation of benefits arising from R&D | ||||
Contribution to a healthy workforce | ~ | ✓ |