The initial list submitted to participants included a mix of 'traditional' indicators measuring research dissemination and other indicators measuring alternative ways to disseminate research results, such as 'citation of research in clinical guidelines', 'citation of research in public health guidelines', 'reporting of research in the news/media' and 'citation in medical education books'.
Moreover, the links between care processes and outcomes related to physiological birth and any mix of indicators related to optimal outcomes was also found to be lacking.
Instead, the bureau defines recession as "a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months," and relies on a mix of economic indicators.
Such a prospect greatly sharpens the policy dilemmas, both monetary and fiscal, that face both the European Central Bank (ECB) and EU governments.Reform or relapseThis week the ECB declared that it would set monetary policy according to three targets: for the money supply, for inflation, and for a mix of other indicators.
Similarly, different health research system managers may opt to select a differing mix of indicators for high-level monitoring to those selected by NIHR.
First, studies utilized a mix of direct and indirect indicators for economic outcomes, making comparisons of economic impacts across studies difficult.
A good strategy is to select a mix of short- and long-term indicators.
On the other hand, the particular mix of indicators selected to populate the NIHR oversight dashboard demonstrates the focus of senior managers on external and early phase effects of research system activity.
As noted previously, the mix of indicators piloted in the NIHR-wide dashboard consisted mainly of process and output indicators (such as the number of individuals supported by NIHR Faculty funding or the number of industry funded trials supported by NIHR infrastructure funding).
In this study, we report a mix of current, pre-incarceration and lifetime indicators.
