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Panel 11 – medicine | health sciences
Quality. The quality of researsch in this area is difficult to evaluate
because only a few papers are published and in Swedish.
Productivity. The PI has been actively involved in leading international
organizations in the field (e.g. Rehabilitation International), is a member
of the board of GLADNET (Global Applied Disability Research and
Information Network on Employment and Training) and coordinator
for the Swedish network of researchers in this field. There is collaboration
within HAREC.(Centre for Handicap and Rehabilitation). The external
funding including HAREC amounted to a significant sum of 24,6
MSEK during the assessment period. The group consists of 3 persons; 1
prof., 1 PhD student, 1 other employee.
Relevance. This research area is very socially important, considering the
growing number of people throughout the world living with chronic
disabilities (at least 15% in Western countries, many more in poorer societies).
There is increasing need for evidence-based knowledge regarding
prevention of disability, maintenance and restoration of functional ability
and quality of life among disabled people.
Vitality and organisational capacity. There are plans to include HAREC
and the research within the disability area into the disability platform
after the present PI retires and transform it to a disability platform with
the aim of strengthening research in this area.
Overall grading: Insufficient regarding quality at an international level.
3.4 Drug dependence
The studies in this area, including RCT’s, focus on the long-term progress
of alcohol and drug dependence and the development of better intervention
and treatment methods,.
Quality. The sub-unit is highly focussed and provides good evidence
of clear thinking across different methodologies to provide evidence
for the effects of alcohol and treating alcohol problems. They use state
of the art health services research methods to develop and test their
interventions. They collaborate with health economics to test economic
effects. Many of their published papers are in international journals of
high standing.
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