title: What do you do for a living? Toward a more succinct definition of health services research.
abstract: This commentary discusses the need for, and the advantages of, a more concise, revised definition of the field of health services research. It argues for a definition that includes not only the topics on which health services research focuses but also the goals of health services research. A number of condensed definitions are provided for consideration.
authors.affiliation: Health Services Research Program, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, Texas, USA. phillipscd@srph.tamhsc.edu
authors.forename: Charles D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D006040:Goals; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009790:Occupations; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000145:classification*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D017432:Unified Medical Language System; D000078329:Workforce