Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research and Development, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Jun;58(6):1187-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02939.x.
In the last year, attention has been focused on translating federally sponsored health research into better health for Americans. Since the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) on February 17, 2009, ARRA funds to support Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) have increased this focus. A large proportion of topical areas of interest in CER affects the older segment of the population. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the National Institute on Aging (NIA), and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) have supported robust research portfolios focused on aging populations that meet the varying definitions of CER. This short article briefly describes the research missions of the AHRQ, NIA, and VA. The various definitions of CER as the Congressional Budget Office, the Institute of Medicine, and the ARRA-established Federal Coordinating Council have put forward, as well as important topics for which CER is particularly needed, are then reviewed. Finally, approaches in which the three agencies support CER involving the aging population are set forth and opportunities for future CER research outlined.
在过去的一年中，人们一直关注将联邦资助的健康研究转化为美国人更好的健康。自 2009 年 2 月 17 日美国复苏与再投资法案（ARRA）通过以来，支持比较效果研究（CER）的 ARRA 资金增加了这一重点。CER 中大量受到关注的专题领域都影响到人口中的老年群体。美国退伍军人事务部（VA）、国家老龄化研究所（NIA）和医疗保健研究与质量局（AHRQ）支持了针对老年人口的强大研究组合，这些研究符合 CER 的不同定义。这篇短文简要描述了 AHRQ、NIA 和 VA 的研究任务。然后，回顾了国会预算办公室、医学研究所和 ARRA 设立的联邦协调理事会提出的 CER 的各种定义，以及特别需要 CER 的重要主题。最后，阐述了这三个机构支持涉及老年人口的 CER 的方法，并概述了未来 CER 研究的机会。
