Intermountain Child Health Services Research Consortium

山间儿童健康服务研究联盟

• 批准号: 6448742
• 负责人: Charles J. Hoff
• 金额: $ 30.66万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-30 至 2003-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6448742
• 关键词: adolescence (12-20); child (0-11); clinical research; health care service evaluation; health science research; health services research tag; hospital patient care; human subject; medical education; pediatrics

Significant gaps exist between the quality of health care being delivered and that which could be delivered to the U.S. population. Less is known about pediatric health services than about those for adults. Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) use significantly more health care resources than children without chronic conditions, putting them at higher risk for problems due to variations in health care quality and delivery. Very little health services research is currently supported in the Intermountain West, and virtually no projects are ongoing in children health services research. We propose to develop an infrastructure to generate and support a child health service research program for the Intermountain West. This effort will consist of 3 related activities: 1) Developing the Intermountain Consortium for Child Health Services Research through collaboration among seven organizations with significant resources and commitment to improving health care for children; 2) Implementing a Faculty Development Program to prepare and mentor faculty and others for careers in child health services research; and 3) Conduct a study comparing the impact of a pediatric hospitalist system with traditional care on outcomes for CSHCN admitted to Primary Children's Medical Center. The collaborators include: the Department of Pediatrics and Division of General Pediatrics of the University of Utah; Primary Children's Medical Center; Medicaid and the Bureau of CSHCN of the Utah Department of Health; the Utah Pediatric Practice-Based Research Network; and the Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship Program. An integral component is the Child Health Services Research Laboratory, using student research assistants in a model developed by the PI. The long-term goal of the Intermountain Consortium is to establish a successful on-going collaborative child health services research program improving the quality and delivery of health care for all children in our region, with emphasis on CSHCN.

正在提供的医疗保健质量与能够提供给美国民众的医疗保健质量之间存在着巨大的差距。与成人保健服务相比，人们对儿科保健服务的了解更少。有特殊卫生保健需求的儿童(CSHCN)比没有慢性病的儿童使用更多的卫生保健资源，使他们因卫生保健质量和提供的不同而面临更高的问题风险。目前在西部山区得到支持的卫生服务研究很少，而且几乎没有正在进行的儿童卫生服务研究项目。我们建议开发一个基础设施，以产生和支持西部山区儿童健康服务研究计划。这项工作将包括3项相关活动：1)通过与七个拥有大量资源并致力于改善儿童健康护理的组织合作，发展山间儿童健康服务研究联盟；2)实施教师发展计划，为儿童健康服务研究的职业生涯准备和指导教师和其他人员；以及3)开展一项研究，比较儿科住院医师制度和传统护理对初级儿童医学中心入院的CSHCN结果的影响。合作者包括：犹他大学儿科和普通儿科部门；初级儿童医学中心；医疗补助和犹他州卫生部CSHCN局；犹他州儿科实践研究网络；以及哈佛儿科卫生服务研究奖学金计划。一个不可或缺的组成部分是儿童保健服务研究实验室，该实验室使用由国际儿童基金会开发的模式中的学生研究助理。山间联盟的长期目标是建立一个成功的持续合作的儿童健康服务研究计划，改善我们地区所有儿童的保健质量和提供服务，重点是CSHCN。