Coalition for Health Services Research

New! Take Action: Influence Your Elected Officials

New! Appropriations: Stimulus Providing Funds for Field Passes House; Senate Committees

FR Notices: AcademyHealth Comments on AHRQ's Data Inventory

Strengthening HSR: Policy Priorities for 2008

Legislation: Bills Related to Health Services Research

	Comprehensive Summary of CER Legislation AcademyHealth recently released the attached summary of comparative effectiveness research (CER) bills in the 110th Congress, providing a side-by-side description of each bill's provisions related to CER scope, placement, governance, finance, and dissemination and use.
	Treading Water: The No-Growth Investment in HSR HSR funding is dwindling even as health costs soar. Where funding is available, there has been an alarming decrease in research grants in favor of government contracts. This article explores the current funding environment and the promise for its future.
	2007 Federal Funding for Health Services Research February 2008 This fifth annual baseline report documents health services research expenditures across the federal government. We estimate that approximately $1.5 billion was expended for health services research and related activities in FY 2007.