Nelson A F, Quiter E S, Solberg L I
Group Health Foundation, HealthPartners, Minneapolis, USA.
Health Aff (Millwood). 1998 Jan-Feb;17(1):128-38. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.17.1.128.
The growing need for information about managed care and for the use of managed care organization (MCO) members in clinical and health services research requires research capability within MCOs. To learn the extent to which such capability exists, we conducted a survey of readily identifiable MCO research programs. Responses were obtained from twenty of twenty-three eligible organizations. Although there is great variability in size, these organizations have a collective budget of $93 million, more than 158 career researchers, and extensive research infrastructure and applied research activities.
对管理式医疗信息的需求不断增长，以及在临床和健康服务研究中对管理式医疗组织（MCO）成员的使用需求，这都要求MCO具备研究能力。为了解这种能力的存在程度，我们对易于识别的MCO研究项目进行了一项调查。从23个符合条件的组织中的20个获得了回复。尽管这些组织在规模上存在很大差异，但它们的集体预算为9300万美元，有超过158名职业研究人员，并且拥有广泛的研究基础设施和应用研究活动。
