Sisa Iván, Espinel Mauricio, Fornasini Marco, Mantilla Gonzalo
Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador.
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2011 Oct;30(4):388-92.
This cross-sectional study describes the characteristics and trends of health sciences-related studies published in Ecuador from 1999-2009. Its objective is to contribute to the design and implementation of a research and development policy whose work is centered on the country's health priorities. Bibliometric indicators of production applied to publications in health sciences in Ecuador were used for the analysis. The publications were from the LILACS and MEDLINE databases. It was found that 625 articles were published from 1999-2009, primarily in the clinical-surgical areas (60%), followed by epidemiology (17.4%), basic sciences (14.1%), and health systems (8.5%). Only 4.3% and 7.2% of the production in this period was related to the primary causes of morbidity and mortality, respectively. It was found that private institutions generated more health research than public institutions, and hospitals (public, private, and mixed) produced a higher percentage than universities. The analysis showed that there was limited scientific production in health sciences in Ecuador during the study period, with a slight increase in the last two years that may be due in part to greater investment in research and development by the National Secretariat of Science and Technology (SENACYT). Investment increased from 0.20% to 0.44% of gross domestic product between 2006 and 2009.
这项横断面研究描述了1999年至2009年在厄瓜多尔发表的与健康科学相关的研究的特征和趋势。其目的是为一项以该国卫生重点为核心的研发政策的设计和实施做出贡献。分析采用了应用于厄瓜多尔健康科学出版物的文献计量学产出指标。这些出版物来自LILACS和MEDLINE数据库。研究发现，1999年至2009年共发表了625篇文章，主要集中在临床外科领域（60%），其次是流行病学（17.4%）、基础科学（14.1%）和卫生系统（8.5%）。在此期间，只有4.3%和7.2%的研究分别与发病率和死亡率的主要原因相关。研究发现，私立机构开展的健康研究比公立机构更多，医院（公立、私立和混合所有制）的产出比例高于大学。分析表明，在研究期间，厄瓜多尔健康科学领域的科研产出有限，最近两年略有增加，这可能部分归因于国家科学技术秘书处（SENACYT）对研发的更大投入。2006年至2009年间，投资占国内生产总值的比例从0.20%增至0.44%。
