Health Outcomes for Older People Questions for the Coming Decade (1996) / Chapter Skim
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INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
Pages 7-14
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This report presents an agenda of health outcomes research for older people, proposed to be undertaken over the next 10 years. As used in this report, health outcomes research is research that studies the end results of the structure and processes of health care on the health and well-being of patients and populations.
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The aging boomers, now in their middle age, will continue to have a significant impact on American society and to challenge the health care delivery and financing systems. On the furthest end of the aging spectrum, the demographic impact of an aging population is even more striking.
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The demographic trends described above are likely to contribute to critical change in practices and expectations about health care. Field of Health Outcomes Research The field of health outcomes research itself is also dynamic.
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Within the federal government, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) has been designated the lead agency with responsibility for funding health outcomes research.
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Finally, private health care organizations large and small-continue to support certain kinds of health outcomes research to analyze and improve health care for older people and their families. ORIGINS OF THIS REPORT AND STUDY APPROACH A rich set of research questions emerges from the combination of the important policy questions introduced above.
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In evaluating their recommendations, the committee considered the potential of the ensuing research to: improve individuals' health outcomes, affect a large population, address important social or ethical questions, affect policy decisions, enhance the national capacity for health outcomes research, or be readily conducted. The committee recognizes that the cost of care is an outcome of considerable importance.
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The committee recognized that no single funder would be likely to support all the research identified here; each funder will have different priorities and research interests. The research itself will need to be conducted by health outcomes researchers working in a variety of health care organizations, universities, government agencies, and private-sector accreditation organizations sometimes working independently, sometimes working collaboratively.
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IOM. Access to Health Care in America.
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