title: Conducting medical offset research in a health maintenance organization: challenges, opportunities, and insights.
abstract: The paper summarizes the experience of a 4-year research project conducted in a large Health Maintenance Organization. Obstacles and solutions related to doing research in this type of system are presented. Suggestions for those seeking to conduct research programs in similar settings are provided.
authors.affiliation: MFT Program, 274 TLRB, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA. Russ_Crane@byu.edu
authors.forename: D Russell
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Crane
authors.forename: David D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Law
mesh_terms: D004212:Academic Dissertations as Topic; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000193:education; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008388:Marital Therapy / Q000193:education; D014589:Utah