Role of Purchasers and Payers in the Clinical Research Enterprise

Workshop Summary

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• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Year: 2002
• eBook ISBN: 9780309594189
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Medicine

In a workshop organized by the Clinical Research roundtable, representatives from purchaser organizations (employers), payer organizations (health plans and insurance companies), and other stakeholder organizations (voluntary health associations, clinical researchers, research organizations, and the technology community) came together to explore: What do purchasers and payers need from the Clinical Research Enterprise?How have current efforts in clinical research met their needs?What are purchasers, payers, and other stakeholders willing to contribute to the enterprise?This book documents these discussions and summarizes what employers and insurers need from and are willing to contribute to clinical research from both a business and a national health care perspective.

Table of contents

• The Role of Purchasers and Payers in the Clinical Research Enterprise
• Copyright
• REVIEWERS
• Foreword
• Contents
• Workshop Summary
• Introduction to the Workshop
• 1 The Role of Purchasers in the Clinical Research Enterprise
• 2 The Role of Payers in the Clinical Research Enterprise
• 3 The Role of Other Stakeholders in the Clinical Research Enterprise
• 4 Opportunities and Challenges in the Clinical Research Enterprise
• Suggested Readings
• Appendix I Speaker Biographies
• Appendix II Speaker’s Company Profiles
• Appendix III Purchaser Payer Background Information
• Appendix IV Workshop Agenda
• Appendix V Definitions of Clinical Research and Components of the Enterprise
• Appendix VI Registered Workshop Participants