Table 1.

Availability of information for the assessment of research impact using Payback Framework categories

		Project 1	Project 2	Project 3	Project 4
Funding source		NHMRC	PHCRED	NHMRC	GPEP
Funding amount (Au$)		135,000	134,000	150,000	156,000
Completion Dates		2002–2004	2003–2005	1999–2000	2000–2002
Project methods		Action research	Case notes audit	RCT	Case note audit
Number of interviews		4	4	3	2
Payback category	Scope
Knowledge production	Peer reviewed articles	✓	✓	✓
	Listed in the ISI index			✓
	Listed in Scopus	✓	✓
	Citations	✓		✓
	Journal impact factor			✓
	Readership targeted by journal articles	✓	✓	✓
Research targeting, capacity building and absorption	Better targeting of future research	✓	✓		✓
	Development of research skills, personnel and research capacity	✓	✓		✓
	Critical capacity to utilize appropriately existing research				✓
	Staff development and educational benefits	✓	✓	✓
Informing policy and product development	Improved information base on which to take political and executive decisions	✓	✓
	Clinical or regional guidelines		✓	✓
	Education/training policies or audit and evaluation criteria,	✓	✓	✓	~
	Inclusion in systematic review				✓
	Inform product development	✓			✓
Health and health sector benefits	Cost reduction in the delivery of existing services				✓
	Qualitative improvements in process of service delivery	~	✓
	Increased effectiveness of health services: increased health	✓	✓	✓
	Equity: improved allocation of resources at an area level, better targeting, accessibility.		✓		~
	Revenues gained from intellectual property rights	✓
Broader economic benefits	Wider economic benefits from commercial exploitation of benefits arising from R&D
	Contribution to a healthy workforce	~	✓