USC Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (US-RCMAR)

总括 项目摘要 今天，医学和技术的进步正在提供比过去更长时间和更健康的寿命 过去时。然而，随着寿命的延长，人们对与年龄相关的疾病和状况的公共卫生问题产生了新的担忧。此外， 健康指标显示，不同种族和民族之间的健康差距几乎没有改善 过去几十年的人口数量。事实上，许多与老龄化相关的健康和经济问题 过程是如此的庞大和复杂，以至于无法从任何 只有一门学科。在此背景下，少数族裔老龄化健康经济研究中心(The 南加州大学少数族裔老龄化研究资源中心(USC RCMAR)汇集了 一个跨学科团队，提供基础设施和资源，以增加数量、多样性和成功 研究人员关注老年人的健康和经济福祉，目标是改善老年人的健康， 所有老年美国人的幸福、功能和独立。我们将在其成功的5年历史基础上再接再厉， 在此期间，它支持了15名飞行员和92篇论文，涉及南加州大学的13名科学家，斯佩尔曼研究所的1名科学家 范德比尔特大学的一名科学家和洛杉矶县公共卫生部的一名科学家。 少数民族老龄化健康经济研究中心(南加州大学)的使命 少数族裔老龄化研究资源中心(“南加州大学RCMAR”)的目的是增加 研究人员关注老年人的健康和经济福祉，目的是改善老年人的健康， 不同的美国老年人的幸福感、功能和独立性。建议的RCMAR的目标研究 地区是不同种族和民族的老年人在健康和保健使用方面的差异， 重点是使用纵向调查和基于索赔的数据源来确定因果路径：即(1) 导致身体疾病和认知功能差异的社会、经济和环境因素；以及 (2)医疗和药品使用方面的差距造成的健康后果。USC RCMAR是 位于谢弗卫生政策和经济中心，该中心汇集了40名卫生政策专家 整个大学-包括老年学、工程学、法学、公共政策、药学、医学、 和《艺术与文学》。这个拟建的中心将利用国家老龄中心研究所的资源，包括 罗伊巴尔健康政策模拟中心、罗伊巴尔老龄研究所、罗伊巴尔金融决策中心 老年痴呆症研究中心老年痴呆症研究中心 健康不平等、南加州大学/加州大学洛杉矶分校生物人口学和人口健康；以及其他南加州大学中心，包括 布鲁金斯学会/谢弗倡议、南加州大学经济和社会研究中心和谢弗 中心。

Overall Project Summary Advances in medicine and technology are providing for longer and healthier lives today much more than in the past. Yet with longevity comes new public health concerns about age-related diseases and conditions. Moreover, health indicators have demonstrated little improvement in health disparities between different racial and ethnic populations over the past decades. Indeed, many of the health and economics issues associated with the aging process are of such magnitude and complexity that they cannot be understood from the vantage point of any single discipline alone. Against this backdrop, the Minority Aging Health Economics Research Center (the University of Southern California Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research, “USC RCMAR”) brings together an interdisciplinary team to provide infrastructure and resources to increase the number, diversity and success of researchers focusing on the health and economic well being of the elderly with the goal of improving the health, well-being, function, and independence of all older Americans. We will build upon its successful 5 year history, during which it has supported 15 pilots and 92 papers involving 13 scientists at USC, 1 scientist at the Spelman College, 1 scientist at Vanderbilt University and 1 scientist at Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The mission of the Minority Aging Health Economics Research Center (the University of Southern California Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research, “USC RCMAR”) is to increase the diversity and success of researchers focusing on the health and economic well being of the elderly with the goal of improving the health, well-being, function, and independence of diverse older Americans. The proposed RCMAR’s target research areas are the differences across racial and ethnic groups of elderly in health and health care usage with an emphasis is on using longitudinal survey and claims based data sources to identify causal pathways: i.e. (1) social, economic and environmental factors driving disparities in physical disease and cognitive functioning; and (2) health consequences of disparities in medical care and pharmaceutical utilization. The USC RCMAR is housed in the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, which brings together 40 health policy experts across the University—including faculty from Gerontology, Engineering, Law, Public Policy, Pharmacy, Medicine, and Arts & Letters. This proposed Center will utilize the resources of National Institute on Aging Centers including Roybal Center for Health Policy Simulation, Roybal Institute on Aging, Roybal Center for Financial Decision Making and Financial Independence in Old Age, Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Center for the Study of Health Inequality, USC/UCLA Biodemography and Population Health; and other USC Centers including Brookings Institute/Schaeffer Initiative, USC Center for Economic and Social Research, and the Schaeffer Center.