Fiscally responsible research equipment purchases: a cost-containment approach.
Fiscally responsible research equipment purchases: a cost-containment approach.
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财政上负责的研究设备采购：成本控制方法。
DOI：
10.1097/00006199-199611000-00017
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发表时间：
1996
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影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Sampselle,C
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作者：
Yeo,S;Sampselle,C
自1986年以来，随着国家护理研究中心的建立及其最终演变为NIH的一个分支机构，护理工作受益于对科学研究的越来越多的支持(美国卫生与公众服务部，1989)。更多的护士也成功地争取到了其他公共和私人研究资金(美国卫生与公众服务部，1993)。虽然扩大的财政基础显然促进了研究生产力，但也增加了主要调查人员以具有成本效益的方式进行调查的责任。研究设备的成本控制和效率要求仔细考虑市场上可用的设备和特定研究的具体需求。专门的研究用品、增加的能力和更高的设备成本并不一定是必要的。例如，在为一项运动研究购买自行车测功器的过程中，我们中的一人遇到了从500美元到1000多美元的报价。联系的一些供应商是研究设备的专业供应商；其他供应商则服务于大众市场。普通家用测力计的价格较低，而研究用测力计的价格较高。对设备规格的审查没有解释“研究”设备和“家用”设备之间的显著区别，尽管可以说，专门为研究用途生产的设备必须比家用设备更准确。尽管研究资金足以购买1,000美元的设备，但没有迹象表明，500美元的价格差异会产生更准确和更精确的工作强度测量。
Since 1986, with the establishment of the National Center for Nursing Research and its eventual evolution into a branch of the NIH, nursing has benefited from increasing support for scientific study (US Department of Health and Human Services, 1989). Larger numbers of nurses have also successfully competed for other public and private research funding (US Department of Health and Human Services, 1993). While the expanded financial base clearly fuels research productivity, it also places added responsibility on principal investigators to conduct investigations in a cost-effective manner.Cost-containment and efficacy of research equipment call for careful consideration of the equipment available on the market and the specific needs of a given study. Specialized research supplies, increased capability, and higher cost of equipment are not necessarily warranted. For example, in the process of acquiring a bicycle ergometer for an exercise study, one of us encountered price quotes ranging from $500 to more than $1,000. Some of the vendors contacted were specialized suppliers of research equipment; others served the mass market. The ergometers for general home use were priced in the lower range, while those for research were listed on the higher side. A review of equipment specifications did not explain a marked difference between the" research" and" home" equipment, although it could be argued that equipment produced specifically for research use must be more accurate than that for home use. Although research funds were sufficient to buy the $1,000 equipment, there was no indication that the $500 difference in price would yield more accurate and precise measurement of work intensities.