Description: Written with an emphasis on health services delivery and management, Health Services Research Methods balances classic and current models and methodology. It showcases approaches to measuring the relevant structure, process, and outcome variables that can be used to address efficiency and equity issues in health care services delivery. Emerging health services research tools and skills are included as well as implications for practice. Product Benefits: - New and expanded passages on important health services research (HSR) topics such as: scientific foundations of HSR; social epidemiology and the life course approach; ethics; evidence-based medicine; and effects of HIPAA on HSR
- Updated descriptions of computer-based data collection and analysis, including CATI and CAPI
- Current descriptions of research aids and directories, including: funding sources, primary and secondary data sources, Internet search engines, and government agencies involved in HSR
- End-of-chapter review questions help readers assess their progress
Table of Contents: Ch. 1: Scientific Foundations of Health Services Research Ch. 2: Conceptualizing Health Services Research Ch. 3: Groundwork in Health Services Research Ch. 4: Research Review Ch. 5: Secondary Analysis Ch. 6: Qualitative Research Ch. 7: Experimental Research Ch. 8: Survey Research Ch. 9: Evaluation Research Ch. 10: Design in Health Services Research Ch. 11: Sampling in Health Services Research Ch. 12: Measurements in Health Services Research Ch. 13: Data Collection and Processing in Health Services Research Ch. 14: Statistical Analysis in Health Services Research Ch. 15: Applying Health Services Research |