Health Services Research
Synonyms
Action Research
Evaluation, Health Services
Evaluations, Health Services
Health Care Research
Health Services Evaluation
Health Services Evaluations
Healthcare Research
Medical Care Research
Research, Action
Research, Health Care
Research, Health Services
Research, Healthcare
Research, Medical Care
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)