title: [Methodological focus of research applied to the health services].
abstract: The article enumerates the areas in which health service research is feasible. A model of evaluation research is described which the author regards as best suited to the current needs of the countries. The model would include three kinds of analyses: a description, an explantation, and an evaluation. The components or objects of a comprehensive evaluative study of health services are as follows: the demand for and supply of health activities, the process by which they are carried on, their results, and their impacts or effect on the given population. The author makes the point that the research teams, users of the services, and decision makers in the fields of health and education must participate actively in this research if it is to be successful, and that national and international groups must also collaborate.
mesh_terms: D003105:Colombia; D003710:Demography; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006295:Health Resources; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods*; D006304:Health Status; D000078329:Workforce
vernacular_title: Enofoque metodológico de la investigación aplicada en los servicios de salud.