Abstract
This study examines the stock and supply including educational pipeline of health services researchers (HSRers) in the United States. National Institutes of Health Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Grants On-Line Database, Health Services Research Projects in Progress, PubMed, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, AcademyHealth membership database, and social networks. Exploratory descriptive analysis of individuals involved in health services research (HSR) in the United States as of 2015/16. The HSRer stock grew by 25 percent to 45 percent between 2007 and 2015/16, which was slower than the previous measurement period. The growth in the number of doctoral and master's degrees conferred in core HSR fields has been slowing in recent years. Minorities are underrepresented among HSRers, but this trend may improve over time given the diversity of the educational pipeline. Hispanics, however, were generally underrepresented in the educational pipeline. The average annual growth rate of HSRers appears to be within range of national recommendations. Additional work is needed to assess whether supply of HSRers is meeting demand and to ensure a competent and diverse educational pipeline that meets the needs of an evolving health system.
Highlights
The 1995 IOM report used three sources to create an unduplicated count of self-identified health services researchers (HSRers): (1) membership files from AcademyHealth, (2) a list of PIs of projects reported in HSRProj, and (3) names obtained from brochures of health research centers, AcademyHealth annual meetings, and honorary societies (Field, Tranquada, and Feasley 1995)
NIH, AHRQ, Veterans Affairs (VA) sponsoring agencies Other sponsoring agencies Duplicated count Unduplicated count to compare with 11,596 health services researchers found in 2011 by McGinnis & Moore (ARM, Select Journals, HSRProj) Unduplicated count expanded AcademyHealth Membership Directory (2016) All members in the United States Type of work identified as “Health Services Research” Secondary type of work identified as “Health Services Research” LinkedIn.com (2016) Self-identified skill of “Health Services Research” in the United States Members of “Health Services Research Group” AcademyHealth Group ResearchGate.net (2016) Researchers in “Healthcare Policy and Economics” in the United States
We found that the number of HSRers appears to have increased compared to prior studies, but the growth may be slowing, especially when considering the educational pipeline trends
Summary
This study examines the stock and supply including educational pipeline of health services researchers (HSRers) in the United States. The 1995 IOM report used three sources to create an unduplicated count of self-identified HSRers: (1) membership files from AcademyHealth ( known as the Association for Health Services Research), (2) a list of PIs of projects reported in HSRProj, and (3) names obtained from brochures of health research centers, AcademyHealth annual meetings, and honorary societies (Field, Tranquada, and Feasley 1995). Our study used the list of PIs from HSRProj and added names from NIH RePORTER and AHRQ GOLD; participants in AcademyHealth annual research meetings, excluding IG presenters; and authors from the same HSR journals identified by McGinnis and Moore (2009), but using a 5-year versus 1-year time horizon. We did not use names from the AcademyHealth membership directory
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