Disciplines and Occupations

Health Services Research

The integration of epidemiologic, sociological, economic, and other analytic sciences in the study of health services. Health services research is usually concerned with relationships between need, demand, supply, use, and outcome of health services. The aim of the research is evaluation, particularly in terms of structure, process, output, and outcome. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)

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Abstract

The integration of epidemiologic, sociological, economic, and other analytic sciences in the study of health services. Health services research is usually concerned with relationships between need, demand, supply, use, and outcome of health services. The aim of the research is evaluation, particularly in terms of structure, process, output, and outcome. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)

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Synonyms

13 entry terms
  • Health Care Research
  • Health Services Evaluation
  • Healthcare Research
  • Medical Care Research
  • Research, Health Services
  • Research, Medical Care
  • Evaluation, Health Services
  • Evaluations, Health Services
  • Health Services Evaluations
  • Research, Health Care
  • Research, Healthcare
  • Action Research
  • Research, Action

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Previous Indexing

  • Health Services (1974-1979)
  • Research (1966-1979)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Health Services Research. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006302. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006302
  2. Health Services Research. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_services_research
  3. Health Services Research. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2518253