title: The 1997 Health Services Research Prize address.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging, Rutgers University, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mechanic
mesh_terms: D006302:Health Services Research / Q000639:trends*; D011057:Politics; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States