Health services research--what it is, how to do it, and why it matters.
The term 'Health Services Research' (HSR) has achieved only recent currency in the UK. The purpose of this short article is to explain what it is, to say how it differs from clinical research even when using similar methods, and to argue that it is likely to become of rapidly increasing importance to health policy-makers and managers.
Lilford
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University of Leeds.
Harrison
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D006291:Health Policy; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom