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)