Center for Improving CAre Delivery for the Aging (CICADA)

随着慢性病负担的不断增加，医疗保健费用的快速增长，以及 护理提供的碎片化，老龄化的美国人越来越发现高质量的护理并不是 可用的、可获得的或负担得起的。拟建的少数民族老龄化研究资源中心 宾夕法尼亚大学(宾夕法尼亚大学)(RCMAR)-改善老年人护理服务中心 (蝉)-旨在培养跨学科背景中代表性不足的新兴科学家 卫生服务研究科学(HSR)。高铁是研究组织、融资、 和提供卫生保健，这是解决卫生保健质量、获得机会、 可负担性和公平性。推动这一科学的发展对健康、福祉、功能和 老年美国人的独立。 高铁对于在系统层面解决卫生和医疗保健方面的差距至关重要；然而，黑人和 拉美裔美国人仅占高铁劳动力的6.9%和3.7%。开发一个 能够进行研究以应对这些挑战的具有代表性的研究干部是 绝对优先。为创新的卫生实践和政策提供证据基础将需要 在协作、跨学科的环境中培养多样化的研究人员，重点是 研究卫生系统的质量、可获得性和价值。 因此，蝉的总体目标是(1)通过以下方式增强老龄化研究队伍的多样性 指导来自代表性不足群体的有前途的科学家从事致力于改善健康的职业 为老年人提供护理服务；以及(2)发展基础设施，促进进步，改善 美国老年人--尤其是少数族裔老年人--的健康、幸福、功能和独立 通过为老年人提供保健服务的转变。 蝉的行政(行政)核心将联合和领导来自不同学校的不同专家团队 并以宾夕法尼亚大学为中心，实现其总体目标。它将监督研究和教育 组件(REC)和分析核心，这三个组件的领导者将作为 中心的执行委员会。行政核心将建立和利用机构合作伙伴(例如， 通过内部咨询委员会)以及外部指导和评价咨询委员会 在实现中心的总体目标和每个核心的具体目标方面取得的进展情况。这个 管理核心有三个具体目标：

With a growing chronic disease burden, rapid growth of health care costs, and the increasing fragmentation of care delivery, aging Americans are increasingly finding that high quality care is not available, accessible, or affordable. This proposed Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn)—the Center for Improving Care Delivery for the Aging (CICADA)—aims to train emerging scientists from underrepresented backgrounds in the interdisciplinary science of Health Services Research (HSR). HSR is the scientific field studying the organization, financing, and delivery of health care, which is central to addressing issues of health care quality, access, affordability, and equity. Advancing that science is fundamental to the health, wellbeing, function, and independence of aging Americans. HSR is critical to addressing disparities in health and health care at a system level; yet, Blacks and Hispanics account for only 6.9% and 3.7% respectively of the HSR workforce. Developing a representative cadre of researchers who can undertake studies to address these challenges is an absolute priority. Providing the evidence base for innovative health practice and policy will require a diverse research workforce developed within a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment focused on research addressing quality, access, and value in the health system. Thus, CICADA’s overall aims are (1) to enhance the diversity of the aging research workforce by mentoring promising scientists from underrepresented groups for careers dedicated to improving health care delivery for the aging; and (2) to develop infrastructure to promote advances that improve the health, wellbeing, function, and independence of older Americans—particularly minority elders— through transformation in health care delivery for the aging. CICADA’s Administrative (Admin) Core will unite and lead a diverse team of experts from various schools and centers across Penn to achieve its overall aims. It will oversee the Research and Education Component (REC) and Analysis Core, and the leaders of these three components will function as the Center’s Executive Committee. The Admin Core will establish and draw upon institutional partners (e.g., through the Internal Advisory Board) as well as an External Advisory Board for guidance and evaluation of progress toward meeting the overall Aims of the Center and the Specific Aims of each Core. The Admin Core has three Specific Aims: