February 11, 2015Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
Alternative Research Funding to Improve Clinical Outcomes
Key result
Insurance industry business incentives may help fund unresolved sudden cardiac death risk prediction research.
Why the study?
Individual risk prediction for sudden cardiac death remains challenging due to complex epidemiology and limited conventional research funding.
Comparison
New research funding strategy offering business incentives to insurance industries vs conventional funding sources
Design
Conceptual analysis of research funding strategy for sudden cardiac death risk
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Should not yet change SCD risk prediction practice; leaves open insurance-incentivized funding models for unresolved questions.
PICO
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Population
Sudden cardiac death risk
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Intervention / Comparator
Alternative research funding strategy
Proposes a novel research funding strategy involving business incentives for the insurance industry to support unresolved research goals, such as individual risk prediction for sudden cardiac death.
Cite This Study
Myerburg et al. (2015) studied Sudden cardiac death risk. Alternative research funding strategy was evaluated. A proposed research funding strategy offering business incentives to the insurance industry could provide support for unresolved research goals in sudden cardiac death risk prediction.