Introduction Patient and public involvement (PPI) is increasingly seen as something that is
integral to research and of importance to research funders. There is general recognition that …

Abstract Background Public and Patient Involvement, Engagement and Participation
research encompasses working with patients/service users (people with a medical condition …

Methods We made literature searches using Medline, Web of Science, PsychINFO, CINAHL,
the Cochrane Library, and HMIC (key words “consumer participation,”“patient …

Standard cost-effectiveness calculations as used by the UK National Institute of Clinical
Excellence compare the net benefit of an intervention with the financial costs to the health …

In their article 'Patient and public involvement in patient-reported outcome measures:
evolution not revolution,'Staniszewska et al. review the potentials for patient and public …

Williamson's article “Patient and Citizen Participation in Health: The Need for Improved
Ethical Support”(2014) provides an insightful overview of the ethical issues raised by patient …

The National Health Service in England is running out of money. With demand increasing all
the time, by 2021 the NHS in England will be£ 30 billion short of what it needs to provide an …

The remit of research funding bodies is to prioritise funding for research that is of relevance
and of high quality. This in turn will aim to raise the quality of healthcare and benefit to …

The last 15 years have seen a dramatic increase in both the volume and quality of economic
evaluations of health care interventions (Elixhauser et al., 1998; Sassi et al., 2002). The …

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Research (NICE) was established in 1999 with
two functions [1]. First, it was required to undertake “appraisals” of new and established …