title: [The impact of research and development on hospital performance - an empirical analysis in the English hospital sector].
abstract: The aim of the present study is to investigate empirically whether research and development (R&D) in hospitals positively affect their economic and clinical performance. For this purpose, data on R&D (external grants, research projects, publications) and on hospital performance (risk-adjusted mortality, patient satisfaction, official quality rating, annual surplus, turnover per bed, waiting times) were collected in the context of English acute health-care delivery and analysed using multiple regression analyses. Empirical results suggest a positive relationship between R&D and clinical performance, but do not support the existence of such a relationship between R&D and economic performance. The results suggest that, in the hospital sector, R&D are aimed primarily at achieving clinical goals, whereas economic goals are only of secondary relevance.
authors.affiliation: Deutsche Hochschule der Polizei, Fachgebiet Organisation und Personalmanagement, Münster. antonio.vera@dhpol.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vera
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Salge
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004739:England; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*