Table 1 Uses of local evidence in informing decisions on options
Local evidence can be used to: | Â |
|---|---|
• Estimate the magnitude of the problem or issue that the policy aims to address |  |
• Diagnose the likely causes of the problem [34] |  |
• Contextualise, and make relevant, evidence from global reviews of the effects of interventions (e.g. by providing comparative information on the range and outcomes of interventions implemented locally) |  |
• Help select priorities for the development of evidence-informed policies and programmes |  |
• Describe local delivery, financial, or governance arrangements for healthcare |  |
• Inform assessments of the likely impacts of policy options (i.e. due to the existence of modifying factors) |  |
• Inform judgements about values and preferences regarding policy options (i.e. the relative importance that those affected attach to possible impacts of policy options) and views regarding these options |  |
• Estimate the costs (and savings) of policy options |  |
• Assess the availability of resources (including human resources, technical capacity, infrastructure, equipment) needed to implement an intervention |  |
• Identify barriers to implementing policy options |  |
• Monitor the sustainability of programme effects over time |  |
• Examine the effects of a policy option on particular local groups |  |
• Examine the equity impacts of a programme following implementation |  |