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MeSH Heading: Health Services Research
Tree Number(s): H01.770.644.145.360; N03.349.380; N05.425
Unique ID: D006302
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006302
Scope Note: The integration of epidemiologic, sociological, economic, and other analytic sciences in the study of health services. Health services research is usually concerned with relationships between need, demand, supply, use, and outcome of health services. The aim of the research is evaluation, particularly in terms of structure, process, output, and outcome. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)
Entry Version: HEALTH SERV RESEARCH
Entry Term(s): Action Research; Health Care Research; Health Services Evaluation; Healthcare Research; Medical Care Research; Research, Health Services; Research, Medical Care
Previous Indexing: Health Services (1974-1979); Research (1966-1979)
Public MeSH Note: 80
History Note: 80
Date Established: 1980/01/01
Date of Entry: 1979/06/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

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ethics (ES)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

organization & administration (OG)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Concept UI: M0009910
Scope Note: The integration of epidemiologic, sociological, economic, and other analytic sciences in the study of health services. Health services research is usually concerned with relationships between need, demand, supply, use, and outcome of health services. The aim of the research is evaluation, particularly in terms of structure, process, output, and outcome. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)
Terms: Health Services Research Preferred Term
Term UI T019110
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Health Care Research
Term UI T019111
Date06/01/1979
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Health Services Evaluation
Term UI T019112
Date12/31/1986
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID POPLINE (1984); Healthcare Research
Term UI T019115
Date01/13/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Medical Care Research
Term UI T019114
Date06/01/1979
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Research, Health Services
Term UI T019109
Date06/01/1979
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Research, Medical Care
Term UI T019113
Date05/14/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991)

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