Table 7 Comparing a pipeline (Fig. 1) and incubator (Fig. 2) approach to generating complex intervention evidence
| Â | Pipeline model | Incubator model |
|---|---|---|
Approach | Linear | Circular |
Research team | Uses distinct communities and bridges between them | Blurs the boundaries between clinical and academic communities |
Outputs | Focused on a study end point, described in terms of statistical certainty of impact | Continuous/evolving output, described in terms of merit and worth of emerging options |
Favoured academic model to support the approach | Distinct academic units with methodological expertise | Dispersed academic capacity integrated into the applied context |