Health Outcomes Research

Studies of what changes for patients when a service or programme is delivered.

Last updated on 14 September 2026

We evaluate how healthcare interventions, services, and models of care affect patient outcomes and healthcare delivery in real-world settings. Our expertise encompasses clinical and patient-reported outcomes, treatment effectiveness, healthcare utilization, quality of care, disease burden, and population health. Through observational studies and other epidemiological research designs, we generate evidence that supports improvements in patient care, healthcare services, and health system performance.

What we work with

Health services and outcomes research: Evaluating services and programmes as they are actually delivered, and measuring what changes for patients as a result.
Clinical outcomes: Analysis and reporting of clinical endpoints.
Patient-reported outcomes: Analysis and reporting of outcomes as patient themselves report them.
Epidemiological studies: Design and analysis of primary observational studies.

The steps common to every study we support — protocol methodology, analysis plan, data review, analysis datasets and the analysis itself — are described under Project Collaboration, along with reporting and publication support.

This work is grounded in the evaluation of health services programmes, which the team has built up over many years across a wide range of therapeutic areas.

Our work in practice

Diabetes remission in primary care

SCRI has long-standing collaboration with NHG Polyclinics, providing consultancy and methodological support for research conducted in the primary care setting. One notable example is the NHG Health Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial on Type 2 Diabetes. SCRI's involvement spanned the entire research lifecycle, including study design, protocol development, sample size estimation, statistical analysis plan, statistical analyses, interpretation of findings, and ongoing methodological consultation.

The one-year results were unveiled at a media briefing in August 2025, demonstrating that sustained weight loss plays a central role in achieving remission of type 2 diabetes. These findings provide important evidence supporting weight management as a key strategy in diabetes care and remission.

Engaging us

The earlier we are involved, the more we can help. To discuss a study, contact us via email: [TO CONFIRM: contact email]