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Published: 27 December 2023
Independent programme of evaluation of the State’s investment in The Irish LongituDinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) - Main Report
This report utilises a mixed-methods approach comprising both quantitative and qualitative tools to assess the outputs, outcomes and impacts of the TILDA programme. The methods used to collect data involved desk research (including bibliometric analysis), individual and focus group qualitative interviews, an in-depth...
Published: 11 July 2023
Overview of people engaging with disability services in Ireland, 2022
Bulletin from the National Ability Supports System (NASS) on data provided by disability service providers for people engaging with services through the HSE disability budget in 2022.
Published: 20 December 2021
Outputs, outcomes, and emerging impacts: Results from HRB-funded awards that completed in 2018–19
This report presents a snapshot of the outputs, outcomes, and some emerging impacts arising from 170 Health Research Board (HRB) awards (with a combined value of €49.5 million) that completed in 2018 and 2019. Further outputs, outcomes, and impacts can be expected to occur in the years following the completion of these...
Published: 02 June 2021
NASS annual report 2020 - disability service use and need
This report provides:
- A profile of the 36,649 people with a disability reviewed on NASS in 2020;
- Details of the HSE disability-funded services currently availed of, and those required now or within the next five years.
Supplementary reports on service users with an intellectual...
Published: 29 September 2020
NASS bulletin 2019 – disability service use and need
This bulletin, along with the two supplementary bulletins, presents the inaugural findings of data from the National Ability Supports System (NASS). It provides a profile of the 22,434 people with a disability registered on the system in 2019 as well as details of the disability-funded services currently availed of...
Published: 17 December 2019
Outputs, outcomes and emerging impacts
Outputs, outcomes and emerging impacts: Results from HRB awards completed in 2016/2017
This report presents a snapshot of, and provides trend analysis over 10 years for, the outputs, outcomes and some emerging impacts from 187 HRB awards (combined value of €47.2 million) that completed in 2016 and...
Published: 28 November 2019
An evaluation of HRB investment in health research leaders
Since 2004, the HRB has invested €37.9 million to support the development of leaders in research in both the academic and clinical environments through the Research Leader Awards in Population Health and Health Services Research (RLA in PHHSR) and the Clinician Scientist Awards (CSA).
This evaluation was conducted by...
Published: 29 August 2019
Review of clinical research infrastructure in Ireland
This report presents the outcomes of a review of HRB’s investment in clinical research infrastructures in Ireland conducted in 2018. The aim of the review was to generate appropriate evidence on current strengths, synergies, gaps, duplications and needs in Ireland's clinical research infrastructures, either those funded...
Published: 18 December 2018
Health Research in Ireland - A study of activity from 2011 to 2015 using the Health Research Classification System
This study examines funding awards based on the type of research conducted and the disease area of interest. It uses the United Kingdom (UK) Health Research Classification System (HRCS).
Seven national funding agencies that manage research programmes provided data for this analysis. These were, Enterprise Ireland...
Published: 28 June 2018
Annual report of the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database 2017
The 2017 database report presents:
- profiles of any physical, sensory, neurological, speech or language disability registered in 2017
- data on specialised health and personal social service use
- an outline of future requirements for services
Infographic, tables and CHO...
Published: 19 January 2018
Measure of Activity and Participation (MAP) - Issue 9
The experience of people with neurological conditions
This bulletin updates the information contained in Issue 3 and provides a profile of almost five thousand people 16 years and over with a neurological condition as their primary diagnosis.
Published: 21 June 2017
Annual report of the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database Committee 2016
This report presents data on the specialised health and personal social service use and requirements of people with a physical, sensory, neurological, speech or language disability. This report is divided into four sections:
- Summary of numbers registered.
- Profile of new registrations and recent...
Published: 07 April 2017
Outputs and outcomes of HRB awards completed in 2014 and 2015
This report presents an analysis of the outputs, outcomes and some emerging impacts across a range of evaluation metrics and indicators, arising from 198 HRB grants (combined value of €55 million) that completed in 2014 and 2015. The analysis presented is a snapshot at the point of end-of-grant (EOG). Further outputs,...
Published: 29 March 2017
Bibliometric analysis of research publication output supported by the Health Research Board (2013 - 2016)
This report presents the results of a bibliometric study of peer reviewed publications fully or partially funded by the Health Research Board (HRB). The bibliometric analysis for this study was commissioned from CWTS Leiden, a world-leader in this area.
The results of that analysis were compared, where possible, to a...
Published: 28 November 2016
Annual report of the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database Committee 2015
This report presents data on the specialised health and personal social service use and requirements of people with a physical, sensory and/or speech and/or language disability. This report is divided into three sections: 1. Summary of numbers registered. 2. Profile of new registrations and recent reviews (2011-2015). 3....
Published: 26 November 2015
Annual report of the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database Committee 2014
This report presents data on the specialised health and social service use and requirements of people with a physical, sensory and/or speech or language disability. The information is based on records registered on the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database (NPSDD). The NPSDD is a voluntary database which is...
Published: 28 January 2015
Outputs and outcomes of HRB awards completed in 2012 and 2013
This report presents an analysis of 134 HRB grants (combined spend of €44 million) that completed in 2012 and 2013. It provides an overview of the initial outputs and some outcomes arising from these grants across a range of metrics and indicators. An important proviso in considering this report is that the...
Published: 22 September 2014
Measure of Activity and Participation (MAP) - Issue 8
Personal assistance and support services
This bulletin focusses on the unmet needs of those who are recorded on the NPSDD as requiring personal assistance and support services. It also examines their levels of restriction in everyday living.
Published: 22 September 2014
Annual report of the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database Committee 2013
New report on disability service provision and future requirements Figures released today by the Health Research Board in the Annual Report of the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database (NPSDD) Committee 2013 show that demand for services remains high. The analysis in the report is based on...
Published: 04 March 2014
Outputs, outcomes and impacts arising from the HRB's 2000-09 grants portfolio
This report presents an analysis of the key outputs, outcomes and impacts that have arisen to date from HRB research grants awarded in the period from 2000 to 2009. Throughout this ten year period, the HRB broadened its investment beyond biomedical research towards a greater emphasis on clinical research, population health...
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