Greenlick M R, Freeborn D K
Health Serv Res. 1986 Feb;20(6 Pt 2):841-9.
This article explores the potential for collaboration between investigators in institutions outside of the VA and those engaged in research within the VA. The focus is on the potential for collaborative work in health services research; our perspective is that of researchers in a freestanding HMO research center affiliated with the Veterans Administration's Northwest Health Services Research and Development Field Program. The paper begins with a review of the reasons that make collaboration between VA researchers and other health services researchers so appropriate at this time. An example of collaboration is presented, drawing on the experience of the Northwest Field Program and the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research. Finally, some difficulties inherent in collaboration between VA and other health services researchers are discussed.
本文探讨了退伍军人事务部（VA）以外机构的研究人员与VA内部从事研究工作的人员之间开展合作的可能性。重点在于卫生服务研究方面合作工作的潜力；我们的视角是来自一个与退伍军人事务部西北卫生服务研究与发展实地项目相关联的独立健康维护组织（HMO）研究中心的研究人员。本文开篇回顾了促使VA研究人员与其他卫生服务研究人员在此时开展合作如此合适的原因。接着以西北实地项目和凯撒医疗健康研究中心的经验为例，展示了合作情况。最后，讨论了VA与其他卫生服务研究人员之间合作所固有的一些困难。
