Health Services Research MethodsHealth services research is a rapidly expanding field of inquiry. Typically health services researchers conduct investigation within different fields: health policy, health systems research, health outcomes research, clinical epidemiology, technology assessment, clinical decision analysis, operations research, health economics, medical sociology, medical anthropology, to name a few. An important impetus to the rapid development of health services research is the breathtaking advance of the medical enterprises. there are a number of features of this book. First, the book intends to be a practical guide for those interested in health services research. Steps will be delineated and illustrated clearly in the text, tables, and figures. Second, health services research examples are used throughout. Third, the book integrates research design with analysis. While this is not a statistical textbook, commonly used statistics are discussed in terms of their use for different levels of analysis and the nature of the variables. Fourth, the book also provides resources for students and researchers of health services. |
Contents
The Process of Health Services Research | 23 |
Conceptualizing Health Services Research | 31 |
Summary | 53 |
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administrative analyzing application assess behavior budget causal Chapter characteristics cluster sampling coding sheet coefficient concept conducted control group costs dependent variable descriptive effect effect size evaluation research example experiment experimental factors findings focused funding health services research Health Statistics health status Hospital hypotheses identify impact indicates individual instrument internal validity intervention investigators Journal knowledge level of measurement longitudinal major measures Medicare meta-analysis Newbury Park nonprobability sampling observation organizations outcome participant observation participants patients population pretest problems procedures proposal Public Health purpose qualitative research quantitative questionnaire random records regression relationship relevant research methods research questions research review respondents response rate sampling method scientific inquiry secondary analysis selected simple random sampling social sources specific stratified sampling subjects survey research theory tion topic types validity values