Top Priorities for the Next Decade of Nursing Health Services Research
Published in: Nursing Outlook (2020). doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2020.12.004
Posted on RAND.org on January 08, 2021
Background
The U.S. health care system faces increasing pressures for reform. The importance of nurses in addressing health care delivery challenges cannot be overstated.
Purpose
To present a Nursing Health Services Research (NHSR) agenda for the 2020s.
Method
A meeting of an interdisciplinary group of 38 health services researchers to discuss five key challenges facing health care delivery (behavioral health, primary care, maternal/neonatal outcomes, the aging population, health care spending) and identify the most pressing and feasible research questions for NHSR in the coming decade.
Findings
Guided by a list of inputs affecting health care delivery (health information technology, workforce, delivery systems, payment, social determinants of health), meeting participants identified 5 to 6 research questions for each challenge. Also, eight cross-cutting themes illuminating the opportunities and barriers facing NHSR emerged.
Discussion
The Agenda can act as a foundation for new NHSR—which is more important than ever—in the 2020s.
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