Table 4 Financial and staff support for research

Funding sources for research, total responses

n = 27

n = 21

n = 6

 Internal

27 (100%)

21 (100%)

6 (100%)

–

 External governmental or non-profit grants

17 (63%)

16 (76%)

1 (17%)

0.02

 Corporate/private sponsorship

8 (30%)

6 (29%)

2 (33%)

1.00

Compensation for trauma medical director, total responses

n = 14

n = 11

n = 3

 Financial compensation for research activities (e.g., conference attendance)

10 (71%)

7 (63%)

3 (100%)

0.51

 Dedicated time for research

6 (43%)

5 (45%)

1 (33%)

1.00

 Financial compensation for dedicated research time

1 (7%)

1 (9%)

0 (0%)

1.00

Available personnel for research, total responses

n = 26

n = 20

n = 6

 Clinical research coordinators or study coordinators

19 (73%)

14 (70%)

5 (83%)

1.00

 Student employees or volunteers

17 (65%)

14 (70%)

3 (50%)

0.63

 Biostatisticians

16 (62%)

13 (65%)

3 (50%)

0.64

 Institutional Review Board coordinator

13 (50%)

10 (50%)

3 (50%)

1.00

 Epidemiologists

9 (35%)

7 (35%)

2 (33%)

1.00

 Basic scientists

8 (31%)

7 (35%)

1 (17%)

0.63

 Dedicated workspace for study staff and/or data abstraction

8 (31%)

6 (30%)

2 (33%)

1.00

 Dedicated laboratory for basic science research

6 (23%)

5 (25%)

1 (17%)

1.00

 Grant writers

4 (15%)

3 (15%)

1 (17%)

1.00

Research staff and workspace provided by, total responses

n = 27

n = 21

n = 6

 Hospital

23 (85%)

17 (81%)

6 (100%)

0.55

 Hospital-affiliated university

9 (33%)

9 (43%)

0 (0%)

0.07

 External research partner (e.g., independent research company)

6 (22%)

4 (19%)

2 (33%)

0.59

Presence of dedicated research staff (i.e., staff with no hospital administrative tasks or patient care), total responses

n = 27

n = 21

n = 6

0.66

 n (%)

15 (56%)

11 (52%)

4 (67%)