 cost control cost control 17 admin mon 10142019 1729 analysis of the influence of the research carried out by the initiative project on the costcontainment and costeffectiveness of health services the indicator assesses the influence of research on reducing the cost of health systems and health care delivery additional quantitative qualitative costeffectiveness  comparison between the relative costs and outcomes effects of health services national regional local health systems records and financial statements expert consultation provide a narrative description of costcontainment strategies as well as monetary information describing the effectiveness of those strategies costeffectiveness can be studied by analyzing researchrelated changes in health systems in terms of both expenditure and related health outcomes free text number in monetary units outcome local currency annually annually the uncertainty of estimations and the differences in choices of measurement of costs and benefits significantly impact the interpretation of the information difficulty of attributing the specific contribution to cost saving of the initiative project no kuruvilla s mays n pleasant a walt g 2006 describing the impact of health research a research impact framework  bmc health services research   6  1 134 see p 12 available at  https linkspringercom article 101186147269636134 cost savings 