title: Evaluating the Productivity of VA, NIH, and AHRQ Health Services Research Career Development Awardees.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the academic advancement and productivity of Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Career Development Award (CDA) program recipients, National Institutes of Health (NIH) K awardees in health services research (HSR), and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) K awardees.
  
  
  METHODS
  In all, 219 HSR&D CDA recipients from fiscal year (FY) 1991 through FY2010; 154 NIH K01, K08, and K23 awardees FY1991-FY2010; and 69 AHRQ K01 and K08 awardees FY2000-FY2010 were included. Most data were obtained from curricula vitae. Academic advancement, publications, grants, recognition, and mentoring were compared after adjusting for years since award, and personal characteristics, training, and productivity prior to the award.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant differences emerged in covariate-adjusted tenure-track academic rank, number of grants as primary investigator (PI), major journal articles as first/sole author, Hirsch h-index scores, likelihood of a journal editorship position or membership in a major granting review panel, or mentoring postgraduate researchers between the HSR&D CDA and NIH K awardees from FY1991-FY2010, or among the three groups of awardees from FY2000 or later. Among those who reported grant funding levels, HSR&D CDAs from FY1991-2010 had been PI on more grants of $100,000 than NIH K awardees. HSR&D CDAs had a higher mean number of major journal articles than NIH K awardees from FY1991-2010.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings show that all three HSR career development programs are successfully selecting and mentoring awardees, ensuring additional HSR capacity to improve the quality and delivery of high-value care.
authors.affiliation: J.W. Finney is research health science specialist, Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California. E.O. Amundson was project assistant, Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California. X. Bi was a postdoctoral fellow, Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California. M.A. Cucciare is core investigator, Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, North Little Rock, Arkansas. S.A. Eisen is the former director, Health Services Research and Development Service, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC. A.K. Finlay is a Health Sciences Research and Development career development awardee, Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California. M.A. Halvorson is project manager, Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California. K. Hayashi is statistician, Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California. D.K. Owens is associate director, Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California. N.C. Maisel is research health science specialist, Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California. C. Timko is a Health Sciences Research and Development research career scientist, Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California. J.C. Weitlauf is director, Women's Mental Health Core, Sierra Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Centers, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California. R.C. Cronkite is training director, Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California.
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Finney
authors.forename: Erin O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Amundson
authors.forename: Xiaoyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bi
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cucciare
authors.forename: Seth A
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authors.lastname: Eisen
authors.forename: Andrea K
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authors.lastname: Finlay
authors.forename: Max A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Halvorson
authors.forename: Ko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Douglas K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Owens
authors.forename: Natalya C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Maisel
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Timko
authors.forename: Julie C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Weitlauf
authors.forename: Ruth C
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authors.lastname: Cronkite
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D002322:Career Mobility; D004526:Efficiency; D005260:Female; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.) / Q000191:economics; D011643:Publishing; D012108:Research Personnel; D058028:Research Report; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States; D016270:United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality / Q000191:economics; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs / Q000191:economics