Faced with persistent health inequalities, the coalition government may be right to question the effectiveness of public health campaigns.
It recounts the efforts of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to increase the effectiveness of public school teaching.
It will inevitably result in a greater variety of provision, but this is crucial precisely because different social conditions already determine the effectiveness of public services.
However, the incident at Bristol and the financial state of Southern Cross also highlight issues regarding the quality and effectiveness of public sector commissioning, procurement and regulation.
Some, for example, stress how open data and information can improve the delivery of services such as education, and the effectiveness of public funds.
Of course it could affect budgets but, to date, the quality and effectiveness of public services have not figured much; the potential creation of a Scottish state has not yet presented itself as an opportunity for reform or renewal.
The present paper investigates the effectiveness of public subsidies on business enterprise research in a panel of OECD countries.
The examples highlight the potential for behavioral economics to improve the effectiveness of public health policy at low cost.
This paper investigates whether the effectiveness of public support to business R&D increases or decreases when firms benefit from different support schemes.
For instance, Drummond et al. recommend that, where possible, the relative effectiveness of public health interventions should be assessed by randomised controlled trials (RCTs) [3].
Research findings often fail to find their way into policy and practice, which is assumed to limit the effectiveness of public health policies and programmes.
