Developing the HMRI framework for measuring research impact : [oral abstract]

Background: Healthcare accounts for approximately 9.7% of Australia’s GDP. The longevity of Australians suggests value is being extracted from this spending, yet many patients still do not receive evidence-based care while others receive unnecessary treatments. Improving transparency regarding the extent to which effective research outcomes are used in the community provides one potential method to address this challenge. Our project seeks to design a framework for measuring research impact. At its core will be an economic metric: social return on investment (SROI).