[Research in, about, and for health services: an international panorama and questions for health research in Brazil].
Health systems and services are important determinants of health conditions and quality of life. Health services research is a multidisciplinary area aimed at deepening and widening knowledge on the area in specific contexts and focusing on system accessibility, impact, and performance and conditions and quality of health care in order to contribute to decisions by policy-makers, managers, and health professionals. This article analyzes the main characteristics and trends in recent output in the international literature and discusses several key questions for health services research in Brazil.
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Hillegonda Maria Dutilh
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Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. hidutilh@usp.br
D015706:Bibliometrics; D001938:Brazil; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*