The costs and value of modelling-based design in healthcare delivery: five case studies from the US

Soorapanth, Sada; Wilkerson, Jim; Millburg, Lance; Roberts, Todd; Morgareidge, David

doi:10.1080/20476965.2018.1548255

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“…In another example, Crowe et al ( 2017 ) use ethnography to provide insights into the role and specific contribution of OR in multidisciplinary projects in healthcare. Other studies have also started to look at the cost-effectiveness of building a model to tackle issues in healthcare (Soorapanth & Young, 2019 ; Young et al, 2018 ). Impact evaluations of Soft OR approaches are also appearing (Emes et al, 2018 ).…”

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“What’s the evidence?”—Towards more empirical evaluations of the impact of OR interventions in healthcare

2020

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Despite an increasing number of papers reporting applications of operational research (OR) to problems in healthcare, there remains little empirical evidence of OR improving healthcare delivery in practice. Without such evidence it is harder both to justify the usefulness of OR to a healthcare audience and to learn and continuously improve our approaches. To progress, we need to build the evidence-base on whether and how OR improves healthcare delivery through careful empirical evaluation. This position paper reviews evaluation standards in healthcare improvement research and dispels some common myths about evaluation. It highlights the current lack of robust evaluation of healthcare OR and makes the case for addressing this. It then proposes possible ways for building better empirical evaluations of OR interventions in healthcare.

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