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Appendix A: A New Database on the U.S. Health Services Research Work Force
Appendix A: A New Database on the U.S. Health Services Research Work Force
Pages 91-100
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supported a survey of individuals who had received intending for health services research or training Tom the National Center for Health Services Research or the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration. That study identified 1,378 health services researchers.2 A 1983 IOM report estimated that there were between 600 and 1,650 health services researchers in 1979.3 The lower estimate was based on the membership of the Committee on Health Services Research of the Medical Care Section of the American Public Health Association, arid the higher estimate was based on assumptions about growth in the group identified in 1977.
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In addition, only the principal investigators of the funded research projects are included on the database. When the AHSR alla HSRProj data were combined, duplicate names were dropped, as were listings for those who had addresses outside of the United States; · indicated they were students on the AHSR membership application form; did not self-identify as health services researchers on the AHSR membership application fond.
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SUMMARY OF RESULTS The final database included 4,920 names, more than double the membership of the AHSR. This list, however, still does not include all those engaged in the field, and it probably includes some individuals who would not self-identify or be identified by others as health services researchers.6 6If it were assumed that nonrespondents to the written survey employed health services researchers at the same rate as respondents, approximately 600 more researchers could be added to the database count.
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. Type of Employer For analytic purposes, organizations responding to the written survey were grouped into the following categories: universities, proprietary and nonprofit health services research organizations and consulting firms, professional groups, health industry organizations (including managed care organizations, insurance companies, and pharmaceutical companies)
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Total New England527 11 East North Central76116 Connecticut80 Illinois226 Maine45 Indiana92 Massachusetts317 Michigan134 New Hampshire34 Ohio129 Rhode Island44 Vermont7 West North Central335 Iowa48 Middle Atlantic694 14 Kansas28 New Jersey118 Minnesota136 New York271 Missouri81 Pennsylvania305 Nebraska26 North Dakota11 South Atlantic1,336 27 South Dakota5 Delaware5 District of Columbia321 Mountain1944 Florida89 Arizona40 Georgia86 Colorado52 Maryland423 Idaho3 North Carolina176 Montana6 South Carolina37 Nevada18 Virginia185 New Mexico31 West Virginia14 Utah38 Wyoming East South Central109 Alabama57 Pacific77E Kentucky19 Alaska Mississippi10 California56 Tennessee23 Hawaii13 Oregon7] West South Central186 4 Washington12( Arkansas27 Louisiana14 Oklahoma15 Texas130 TOTAL4,920101a aTotal does not sum to 100 because of rounding.
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Current and Future Hiring of Researchers The written survey of employers of health services researchers also included two questions relating to the demand for health services researchers in 13 specific research areas as reported in Tables A.3 and A.4. Respondents were asked · if, in the last few years, they have had difficulty in recruiting Ph.D.level researchers for specific research areas; and i]
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researchers in the various research areas over the next five years. Sixty-one percent of responding organizations indicated that they anticipated recruiting health services researchers in at least one of these areas of research.
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Many organizations reported difficulties in more than one area. Categories listed include actuarial science, bioethics, demography, health care management, health education, health finance, health services research (general)
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Expect to Recruit Health Services Researchers in the Next Five Years Research Areas Total Number of Researchers Expected to Be Recruited Nit) Outcomes/health status measurement Health economics Biostatistics Epidemiology Health policy analysis Managed care research Operations/decision analysis Quality Mental health research Medical informatics Nursing research Gerontology Dental health research Other TOTAL 120 (18)
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Researchers with experience in outcomes/health status measurement, health economics, biostatistics, epidemiology, and health policy analysis will be in particular demand.
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