Active Aging and Elderly’s Quality of Life: Comparing the Impact on Literature of Projects Funded by the European Union and USA

Kirilov, Iskren; Atzeni, Matteo; Perra, Alessandra; Moro, Dal; Carta, Maria

doi:10.2174/1745017901814010001

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“…Finally, a search in some of the major scientific databases was conducted: Web of Sciences (WoS), Scopus and PubMed. Only one paper found on Scopus could be related to this study, but it compares the projects funded by the European Union about active aging and elderly's quality of life with projects funded by USA [11].…”

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Technological Ecosystems in the Health Sector: a Mapping Study of European Research Projects

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The European Union has a substantial investment in research and development and demand side-measures in the health sector in order to promote new initiatives, prevent disease and foster healthy lifestyles. In particular, the European Commission and other European entities have funded research projects focused on the use of technology in the health sector. In this context, health research initiatives have evolved from user-centred monolithic solutions into collaborative partnerships of different stakeholders that gather around different technological platforms. In order to identify the lacks and opportunities in this area, a systematic mapping study was conducted with the aim of identifying and analysing the recent research projects developed in Europe related to technological ecosystems in the health sector. The study covered closed European research projects from 2003 to 2018. This paper aims to extend that systematic mapping study through ongoing research projects. The analysis of these research projects provides an overview of the current trends and identify the lacks and opportunities to define new advances in this research area. Moreover, the comparison between the first mapping study focused on closed projects, and the current study, allows getting an overview of the evolution of technological ecosystems in the health sector.

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Technological Ecosystems in the Health Sector: a Mapping Study of European Research Projects

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“…Finally, we conducted a search in main scientific databases including: Web of Sciences (WoS), Scopus and PubMed. Only one paper found on Scopus could be related to this study but it compares the projects funded by the European Union about active aging and elderly's quality of life with projects funded by USA [11].…”

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“…Table 2 shows the obtained results regarding this mapping question. It can be observed that the majority of end-user related stakeholders correspond to institutions dedicated to provide different services to older persons (11) and informal carers (6). Related to the health sector, solutions engaging Pharmaceuticals (4), patients suffering different diseases (4) and Doctors (3) are the most common.…”

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Trends in European research projects focused on technological ecosystems in the health sector

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2018

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality

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Over the past decade, the health domain has grown at a fast pace. The stakeholders are not only limited to patients, but also include formal and informal careers, doctors, research institutions and technological solution providers. As such, different technological ecosystems of interconnected health communities have arisen to adopt the best practices to improve the wellbeing and health of patients. In order to identify the lacks and opportunities in this area, this paper aims at providing a comprehensive overview of the ecosystems in the health domain, presenting a systematic mapping study of research projects developed in Europe and related to the field. The systematic mapping review was conducted on the AAL Programme, CORDIS and KEEP databases. The paper describes the methodology employed for conducting such a review, and provides an analysis of results that give an overview of the evolution of related European projects until today along with the conclusions obtained from the study. CCS CONCEPTS • Applied computing~Health care information systems • Software and its engineering • Software and its engineering → Ultralarge-scale systems • Software and its engineering → Designing software

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“…A study recently evaluated the impact on scientific literature of a sample of projects funded by the 7th European Union’s Framework Program for Research and Innovation (FP7) on Active Ageing (AA) and elderly quality of life (QoL) in comparison to the same number of projects funded by the USA’s National Institute of Health (NHI) [1]. The results show that the European and American projects have a similar impact in terms of a number of published articles and number of citations by published papers per single project.…”

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Cost-effectiveness of US National Institute of Health and European Union FP7 Projects on Active Ageing and Elderly Quality of Life-Author's reply

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Atzeni

Perra

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Background: The use of bibliometric analysis to assess scientific productivity and impact is particularly relevant for EU funding programs. The objective of the present study is to assess the impact on scientific literature by focusing specifically on the cost-effectiveness of FP7 and NHI projects in the fields of AA and QoL, respectively. Methods: Twenty projects were randomly selected from the CORDIS database in accordance with the following criteria: funded by the FP7; accepted from 1st January 2007 to 31st December 2012; concluded by 31st August 2017; For each project selected, we determined: number of publications in Scopus and Google databases attributable to the project; number of papers published in Q1 quartile of the SCIMAGO rank; number of citations found in Scopus and Scholar Google; amount of funds allocated. Results: The study has confirmed the results of the previous one, namely that the number of publications and the number of citations per project on active ageing are similar in projects funded by the NHI in the United States and those funded by the FP7 in Europe. However, when it comes to cost-effectiveness, it results that European projects have a cost ten times higher than the Americans ones. Conclusion: Our study shows lower cost-effectiveness of FP7-European projects than the American-NIH on active aging. The results of this research, albeit with the limits already outlined, will have to be taken into consideration in the evaluative research of the future.

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Active Aging and Elderly’s Quality of Life: Comparing the Impact on Literature of Projects Funded by the European Union and USA

Cited by 15 publications

References 5 publications

Technological Ecosystems in the Health Sector: a Mapping Study of European Research Projects

Technological Ecosystems in the Health Sector: a Mapping Study of European Research Projects

Trends in European research projects focused on technological ecosystems in the health sector

Cost-effectiveness of US National Institute of Health and European Union FP7 Projects on Active Ageing and Elderly Quality of Life-Author's reply

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