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Market Forces and Unsponsored Research in Academic Health Centers
Joel S. Weissman, PhD;
Demet Saglam, MS;
Eric G. Campbell, PhD;
Nancyanne Causino, EdD;
David Blumenthal, MD, MPP
JAMA. 1999;281:1093-1098.
Context Increased competitive pressures on academic health centers may result in reduced discretionary funds from patient care revenues to support the performance of unsponsored research, including institutionally funded and faculty-supported activities.
Objective To measure the amount and distribution of unsponsored research activities and their outcomes.
Design and Setting Survey conducted in academic year 1996-1997 of 2336 research faculty in 117 medical schools. Responses were weighted to provide national estimates.
Main Outcome Measures Institutionally funded research as a proportion of total direct costs of research was compared across stages of market competition. Logistic regression was used to assess the relationship of performing unsponsored research to faculty characteristics and market stage.
Results Overall, 43% of faculty received institutional funding for research. Young faculty were more likely than others to receive institutional support (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 1.4; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.1-1.9; P = .004). The amount of institutional support as a proportion of total funding was more than twice as high in less competitive markets (6.1%) compared with the most competitive markets (2.5%; P = .05). Most faculty (55%) performed faculty-supported research. Clinical researchers (OR, 1.6; 95% CI, 1.1-2.3), principal investigators (OR, 4.3; 95% CI, 2.8-7.0), faculty with high levels of research effort (OR, 6.2; 95% CI, 4.0-9.5) or institutional funding (OR, 1.9; 95% CI, 1.4-2.6), and faculty in the most competitive markets (OR, 1.9; 95% CI, 1.4-2.5) were more likely than others to conduct faculty-supported research. When undertaken by clinical researchers, these activities were supported by clinical income, extra hours worked, and discretionary funds, and often led to publications (76%) or grant awards (51%).
Conclusions Many academic health center faculty receive institutional support to conduct their research or fund the research themselves. Market pressures may be affecting the level of institutional funding available to faculty.
Author Affiliations: Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School (Drs Weissman, Campbell, Causino, and Blumenthal), the Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School (Drs Weissman and Blumenthal), and the Institute for Health Policy, Partners Healthcare System, Massachusetts General Hospital (Drs Weissman, Campbell, Causino, and Blumenthal and Ms Saglam), Boston, Mass.
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