Appraising research policy instrument mixes: a multicriteria mapping study in six European countries of diagnostic innovation to manage antimicrobial resistance.
Appraising research policy instrument mixes: a multicriteria mapping study in six European countries of diagnostic innovation to manage antimicrobial resistance.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.respol.2020.104140
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发表时间:
2021-05
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影响因子:
7.2
通讯作者:
Llewelyn MJ
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作者:
Coburn J;Bone F;Hopkins MM;Stirling A;Mestre-Ferrandiz J;Arapostathis S;Llewelyn MJ
The following contributions are provided: A general process for conducting systematic prospective appraisal of policy options within the field of research policy, using multicriteria mapping (MCM). Novel methods for systematically analysing MCM data using pairwise comparison and merit orders which improve the utility of the MCM method. Quantitative findings (derived using MCM) on the appraisal of policy options for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by 47 experts from six European countries, providing seven stakeholder perspectives, and identifying most and least favoured policy options. Qualitative findings (derived using MCM) addressing different modes of reasoning as to why contrasting policy options may be expected to perform well or poorly in different settings and from different perspectives. Qualitative findings (derived using MCM) underpinning a framework for policy design that may be useful for research policy around AMR. Quantitative findings (derived not using MCM) concerning those particular options that interviewees identified as most complementary to each other, supported by qualitative illustrations and qualifications. This article provides prospective appraisal of key policy instruments intended to stimulate innovation to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR refers to the ability of microbes to evolve resistance to those treatments designed to kill them, and is associated with the overuse or misuse of medicines such as antibiotics. AMR is an emerging global challenge with major implications for healthcare and society as a whole. Diagnostic tests for infectious diseases can guide decision making when prescribing medicines, so reducing inappropriate drug use. In the context of growing international interest in policies to stimulate innovation in AMR diagnostics, this study uses multicriteria mapping (MCM) to appraise a range of policy instruments in order to understand their potential performance while also highlighting the uncertainties that stakeholders hold about such interventions in complex contexts. A contribution of the article is the demonstration of a novel method to analyse and visualise MCM data in order to reveal stakeholder inclinations towards particular options while exploring interviewees’ uncertainties about the effectiveness of each instrument's design or implementation. The article reports results from six European countries (Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK). The findings reveal which policy instruments are deemed most likely to perform well, and why, across stakeholder groups and national settings, with areas of common ground and difference being identified. Importantly, the conclusions presented here differ from prominent policy discourse, with international implications for the design of mixes of policy instruments to combat AMR. Strategic and practical methodological implications also emerge for general appraisal of innovation policy instrument mixes. Appraising research policy instrument mixes: a multicriteria mapping study in six European countries of diagnostic innovation to manage antimicrobial resistance
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