TY - JOUR
T1 - Research shapes policy
T2 - but the dynamics are subtle
AU - Foy, R
AU - Locock, L
AU - Purdy, S
AU - O’Donnell, C
AU - Gray, N
AU - Doran, T
AU - Davies, Huw Talfryn Oakley
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Major policy initiatives such as the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) in the national contract for UK general practitioners might variably be informed by evidence at their inception, implementation and subsequent evolution. But what evidence gets admitted into these policy debates—and what is left out? Using QOF as an example, this article demonstrates what an analysis of the relationship between policy and the associated research can tell us about the underlying policy assumptions and about the role of evidence in policy debates.
AB - Major policy initiatives such as the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) in the national contract for UK general practitioners might variably be informed by evidence at their inception, implementation and subsequent evolution. But what evidence gets admitted into these policy debates—and what is left out? Using QOF as an example, this article demonstrates what an analysis of the relationship between policy and the associated research can tell us about the underlying policy assumptions and about the role of evidence in policy debates.
U2 - 10.1080/09540962.2013.744869
DO - 10.1080/09540962.2013.744869
M3 - Article
SN - 0954-0962
VL - 33
SP - 9
EP - 14
JO - Public Money & Management
JF - Public Money & Management
IS - 1
ER -