title: Connecting the ivory tower to main street: setting research priorities for real-world impact.
abstract: Health care decisionmakers face increasing pressure to use health care resources more efficiently, but the information they need to assess policy options often is unavailable or not disseminated in a useful form. Findings from stakeholder meetings and a survey of private-sector health care decisionmakers in California begin to identify high-priority issues, the perceived adequacy of current information, and preferred formats and other desired attributes of research. This is a first step in establishing a systematic approach to linking the information priorities of private-sector decisionmakers with those who fund and conduct research.
authors: Center for Health Research and Policy, Social and Scientific Systems (SSS), Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. cschur@s-3.com
authors: Claudia L
authors: CL
authors: Schur
authors: Marc L
authors: ML
authors: Berk
authors: Lauren E
authors: LE
authors: Silver
authors: Jill M
authors: JM
authors: Yegian
authors: Michael J
authors: MJ
authors: O'Grady
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003657:Decision Making; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006292:Health Priorities; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007449:Investments; D017146:Models, Organizational; D017149:Private Sector