Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53213, USA.
J Surg Res. 2011 Nov;171(1):e69-73. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.07.005. Epub 2011 Jul 28.
Health services research examines how people get access to health care, how much care costs, and what happens to patients as a result of this care. Some of the challenges to conducting methodologically rigorous health services research as a surgeon are support, training, funding, acquisition of data, and resources.
A review of support, training, funding, data, and organizational resources useful for surgeons interested in health services research, with a focus on existing online resources relevant to surgical health services researchers.
Opportunities for research collaboration and mentoring are available through the Association for Academic Surgery, Society of University Surgeons, American College of Surgeons and surgical specialty societies. Advanced training is essential to performing high-impact health services research and is available through private foundations such as the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars program, the American College of Surgeons Fellowship, government funded fellowships, and institution hosted fellowships. Funding sources for health services research exist through academic surgical societies, private sector, and government sources. A variety of data sources for health services research are available, with different limitations, strengths, and ease of accessibility. Organizational resources in health services research include AcademyHealth, the Health Services Research Projects in Progress database, and the National Library of Medicine's Health Services Research Resources.
The resources highlighted describe some of the opportunities available to surgeons pursuing health services research. It is valuable for surgeons to tap into the available resources and collaborate with existing expertise to facilitate methodologically rigorous surgical health services research.
卫生服务研究考察了人们如何获得医疗保健、医疗费用是多少，以及患者因这种医疗而产生了什么后果。外科医生在进行严格的卫生服务研究时面临的一些挑战包括支持、培训、资金、数据获取和资源。
本文回顾了对有兴趣从事卫生服务研究的外科医生有用的支持、培训、资金、数据和组织资源，重点是与外科卫生服务研究人员相关的现有在线资源。
通过学术外科医师协会、大学外科医师学会、美国外科医师学会和外科专业协会，外科医生可以获得研究合作和指导的机会。通过私人基金会（如罗伯特伍德约翰逊临床学者计划、美国外科医师学会奖学金、政府资助的奖学金和机构主办的奖学金）进行高级培训对于进行高影响力的卫生服务研究至关重要。学术外科协会、私营部门和政府都有卫生服务研究的资金来源。有多种卫生服务研究的数据源，具有不同的限制、优势和易于获取性。卫生服务研究的组织资源包括 AcademyHealth、正在进行的卫生服务研究项目数据库以及国家医学图书馆的卫生服务研究资源。
强调的资源描述了外科医生从事卫生服务研究的一些机会。外科医生利用现有资源并与现有专业知识合作，对于促进严格的外科卫生服务研究是有价值的。
