title: Prospects and problems in health services research.
abstract: Health services research has an important--and unique--role in affecting the climate of policy formulation and in defining future options. This very uniqueness, however, places the endeavor in a vulnerable position between the usual rigors of scientific investigation and the desire for simplicity and comprehensibility on the part of administrators and legislators. A constituency must be found to nurture the continuance of this modest but invaluable research activity.
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006296:Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006298:Health Services Administration; D006306:Health Surveys; D011057:Politics; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D014481:United States