Database of Instruments for Resource Use Measurement (DIRUM)

Funder: Medical Research Council Network of Hubs for Trial Methodology Research

Collaborating Investigators/Institutions: DIRUM team: Professor Dyfrig Hughes and Dr Colin Ridyard (Bangor University, NWHTMR), Dr William Hollingworth, Dr Sian Noble and Dr Joanna Thorn (University of Bristol, ConDuCT), Professor Joanna Coast (University of Birmingham, MHTMR), Dr David Whitehurst (Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute) and Professor Martin Knapp (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Project Summary: DIRUM is a project to compile a practical, open-access database of resource-use questionnaires for use by trial health economists. The database supports data navigation, sorting, searching, advanced filtering and for administrators record addition, modification, deletion, and file uploads.

Links: http://www.dirum.org/