Health services research :
Health services research : an anthology /
= Investigaciones sobre servicios de salud : una antologa̕
editor-in-chief, Kerr L. White ; editors, Julio Frenk ... [et al.]
- Washington, D.C. : Pan American Health Organization, 1992.
- 1082 p.
- Scientific publication (Pan American Health Organization) ; no. 534 .
A collection of 100 articles, dating from 1914 to 1991, illustrating key developments in the field of health services research, particularly in the Americas. Contributions come from the areas of clinical epidemiology, technology assessment, clinical decision analysis, operations research, health economics, medical sociology, and medical anthropology. Extensive indexing makes it possible to locate articles by year of publication, topic, and author. In the topical arrangement, articles fall under four main headings: contexts of health services, resources for health services, provision of health services, and health status. Under each heading, articles are further grouped according to their concern with theoretical and conceptual developments, methods of research, or implications for health policies. Specific topics range from a study of unnecessary hysterectomies during 1948, to the question of whether free medical care improves adult health, from gaps in doctor-patient communication, to methods for assessing clinical judgement, calculating the economic effects of disease, and measuring the quality of clinical care. Because health institutions and services need improvements in various respects, many of the articles deal with the equity, efficacy, effectiveness, and quality of health services. Others expound quantitatively on the development or application of appropriate research methods. Still others represent what were, at the time of their publication, significant contributions to an understanding of the policies, organization, and practice of health services.
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Health services research.
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A collection of 100 articles, dating from 1914 to 1991, illustrating key developments in the field of health services research, particularly in the Americas. Contributions come from the areas of clinical epidemiology, technology assessment, clinical decision analysis, operations research, health economics, medical sociology, and medical anthropology. Extensive indexing makes it possible to locate articles by year of publication, topic, and author. In the topical arrangement, articles fall under four main headings: contexts of health services, resources for health services, provision of health services, and health status. Under each heading, articles are further grouped according to their concern with theoretical and conceptual developments, methods of research, or implications for health policies. Specific topics range from a study of unnecessary hysterectomies during 1948, to the question of whether free medical care improves adult health, from gaps in doctor-patient communication, to methods for assessing clinical judgement, calculating the economic effects of disease, and measuring the quality of clinical care. Because health institutions and services need improvements in various respects, many of the articles deal with the equity, efficacy, effectiveness, and quality of health services. Others expound quantitatively on the development or application of appropriate research methods. Still others represent what were, at the time of their publication, significant contributions to an understanding of the policies, organization, and practice of health services.
eng spa.
WHODOC
9275115346
Health services research.
W 84.3