health services research

Summary

Summary: 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)

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Comorbidity measures for use with administrative data
    A Elixhauser
    MEDTAP International, Inc, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
    Med Care 36:8-27. 1998
  2. ncbi How can we achieve and maintain high-quality performance of health workers in low-resource settings?
    Alexander K Rowe
    Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop F22, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
    Lancet 366:1026-35. 2005
  3. ncbi Knowledge transfer and exchange: review and synthesis of the literature
    Craig Mitton
    University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC
    Milbank Q 85:729-68. 2007
  4. ncbi The law of attrition
    Gunther Eysenbach
    Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network, 190 Elizabeth Street, Toronto ON, M5G 2C4, Canada
    J Med Internet Res 7:e11. 2005
  5. ncbi Empirical studies assessing the quality of health information for consumers on the world wide web: a systematic review
    Gunther Eysenbach
    Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, Toronto General Hospital, 190 Elizabeth St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4
    JAMA 287:2691-700. 2002
  6. ncbi Synthesising qualitative and quantitative evidence: a review of possible methods
    Mary Dixon-Woods
    Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, LE1 6TP Leicester, UK
    J Health Serv Res Policy 10:45-53. 2005
  7. ncbi Qualitative data analysis for health services research: developing taxonomy, themes, and theory
    Elizabeth H Bradley
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USA
    Health Serv Res 42:1758-72. 2007
  8. ncbi Quality collaboratives: lessons from research
    J Øvretveit
    The Nordic School of Public Health, Goteborg, Sweden The Health Services Management Centre, Birmingham University, UK
    Qual Saf Health Care 11:345-51. 2002
  9. ncbi An epistemology of patient safety research: a framework for study design and interpretation. Part 2. Study design
    C Brown
    Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
    Qual Saf Health Care 17:163-9. 2008
  10. ncbi Tensions and paradoxes in electronic patient record research: a systematic literature review using the meta-narrative method
    Trisha Greenhalgh
    University College London, England
    Milbank Q 87:729-88. 2009

Research Grants

  1. StaySafe: Reducing Risk Among Adolescents
    Laurie Bauman; Fiscal Year: 2006
  2. WIDENING HORIZONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION (WHISE)
    AMBER VOGEL; Fiscal Year: 2007
  3. The Business Case for Disability Care Coordination
    Susan Palsbo; Fiscal Year: 2006
  4. Using Community Based Participatory Research to Improve Health in Children
    LUISA contact SEIJO MALDONADO; Fiscal Year: 2010
  5. A Collaborative, Intersectional Approach to Health Disparities in Pregnancy
    Tina Bloom; Fiscal Year: 2007
  6. Neural Actions of Toluene
    John J Woodward; Fiscal Year: 2010
  7. Promoting Engagement of Low Income Clients
    Carol Anderson; Fiscal Year: 2007
  8. Toward Developing Postdisaster Community Interventions
    Fran Norris; Fiscal Year: 2004
  9. Voting Empowerment Study among People with Traumatic Brain Injury
    Mark Hirsch; Fiscal Year: 2007
  10. CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM
    Huiyong Yin; Fiscal Year: 2007

Detail Information

Publications311 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Comorbidity measures for use with administrative data
    A Elixhauser
    MEDTAP International, Inc, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
    Med Care 36:8-27. 1998
    ..This study attempts to develop a comprehensive set of comorbidity measures for use with large administrative inpatient datasets...
  2. ncbi How can we achieve and maintain high-quality performance of health workers in low-resource settings?
    Alexander K Rowe
    Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop F22, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
    Lancet 366:1026-35. 2005
    ..Furthermore, we recommend that ministries of health and international organisations should actively help translate research findings into action to improve health-worker performance, and thereby improve health...
  3. ncbi Knowledge transfer and exchange: review and synthesis of the literature
    Craig Mitton
    University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC
    Milbank Q 85:729-68. 2007
    ..Either KTE must be reconceptualized, or strategies must be evaluated more rigorously to produce a richer evidence base for future activity...
  4. ncbi The law of attrition
    Gunther Eysenbach
    Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network, 190 Elizabeth Street, Toronto ON, M5G 2C4, Canada
    J Med Internet Res 7:e11. 2005
    ..A "run-in and withdrawal" trial design is suggested as a methodological innovation for Internet-based trials with a high number of initial dropouts/nonusers and a stable group of hardcore users...
  5. ncbi Empirical studies assessing the quality of health information for consumers on the world wide web: a systematic review
    Gunther Eysenbach
    Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, Toronto General Hospital, 190 Elizabeth St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4
    JAMA 287:2691-700. 2002
    ..The quality of consumer health information on the World Wide Web is an important issue for medicine, but to date no systematic and comprehensive synthesis of the methods and evidence has been performed...
  6. ncbi Synthesising qualitative and quantitative evidence: a review of possible methods
    Mary Dixon-Woods
    Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, LE1 6TP Leicester, UK
    J Health Serv Res Policy 10:45-53. 2005
    ....
  7. ncbi Qualitative data analysis for health services research: developing taxonomy, themes, and theory
    Elizabeth H Bradley
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USA
    Health Serv Res 42:1758-72. 2007
    ..Approaches to data analysis vary by discipline and analytic tradition; however, we focus on qualitative data analysis that has as a goal the generation of taxonomy, themes, and theory germane to health services research.
  8. ncbi Quality collaboratives: lessons from research
    J Øvretveit
    The Nordic School of Public Health, Goteborg, Sweden The Health Services Management Centre, Birmingham University, UK
    Qual Saf Health Care 11:345-51. 2002
    ....
  9. ncbi An epistemology of patient safety research: a framework for study design and interpretation. Part 2. Study design
    C Brown
    Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
    Qual Saf Health Care 17:163-9. 2008
    ..The extent to which findings can be generalised over time and place should be considered as part of an evaluation, for example by undertaking qualitative or quantitative measures of fidelity, attitudes or subgroup effects...
  10. ncbi Tensions and paradoxes in electronic patient record research: a systematic literature review using the meta-narrative method
    Trisha Greenhalgh
    University College London, England
    Milbank Q 87:729-88. 2009
    ....
  11. ncbi Is there much variation in variation? Revisiting statistics of small area variation in health services research
    Berta Ibáñez
    Instituto Aragones de Ciencias de la Salud, Zaragoza, Spain
    BMC Health Serv Res 9:60. 2009
    ....
  12. ncbi Evaluating the public health impact of health promotion interventions: the RE-AIM framework
    R E Glasgow
    AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver, CO 80214, USA
    Am J Public Health 89:1322-7. 1999
    ..The authors summarize strengths and limitations of the RE-AIM model and recommend areas for future research and application...
  13. ncbi An epistemology of patient safety research: a framework for study design and interpretation. Part 1. Conceptualising and developing interventions
    C Brown
    Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
    Qual Saf Health Care 17:158-62. 2008
    ..Finally, the paper outlines the authors' pragmatist ontological stance to patient safety research, which sets the philosophical basis for the remaining three articles...
  14. ncbi Changing physicians' behavior: what works and thoughts on getting more things to work
    Jeremy M Grimshaw
    Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Center for Best Practices, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ontario
    J Contin Educ Health Prof 22:237-43. 2002
    b>Health services research consistently demonstrates a gap between research-based best clinical practice and what doctors actually do...
  15. ncbi Research methods used in developing and applying quality indicators in primary care
    S M Campbell
    National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL
    BMJ 326:816-9. 2003
  16. ncbi An ecological study on the relationship between supply of beds in long-term care institutions in Italy and potential care needs for the elderly
    Gianfranco Damiani
    Department of Public Health, Universita Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
    BMC Health Serv Res 9:174. 2009
    ....
  17. ncbi An epistemology of patient safety research: a framework for study design and interpretation. Part 4. One size does not fit all
    C Brown
    Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
    Qual Saf Health Care 17:178-81. 2008
    ..We show how a bayesian framework can be used to synthesise evidence from a number of different sources and why this approach may be particularly appropriate for the evaluation of patient safety interventions...
  18. ncbi Sharing medical data for health research: the early personal health record experience
    Elissa R Weitzman
    Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
    J Med Internet Res 12:e14. 2010
    ..Understanding consumer willingness to share data is critical to advancing this model...
  19. ncbi Measuring the impact of health research
    John Lavis
    Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Health Serv Res Policy 8:165-70. 2003
    ..These actions, coupled with on-going refinements to the proposed assessment tool as research evidence evolves, would take us a long way towards assessment and accountability in the health sector...
  20. ncbi Why don't we see more translation of health promotion research to practice? Rethinking the efficacy-to-effectiveness transition
    Russell E Glasgow
    Kaiser Permanente Colorado, USA
    Am J Public Health 93:1261-7. 2003
    ..Recommendations are offered to help close the gap between efficacy and effectiveness research and to guide evaluation and possible adoption of new programs...
  21. ncbi Stated preference methods in health care evaluation: an emerging methodological paradigm in health economics
    John F P Bridges
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Services Research Division, Case School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106 4945, USA
    Appl Health Econ Health Policy 2:213-24. 2003
    ..The limitations and policy implications of these methods are also discussed...
  22. ncbi Simply no time? Barriers to GPs' participation in primary health care research
    Eva Hummers-Pradier
    Department of General Practice, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
    Fam Pract 25:105-12. 2008
    ..Non-participation of general practitioners (GPs) is a serious source of bias for practice-based studies. Objective. To elucidate doctors' motives for non-participation in, and subjective barriers to, general practice research...
  23. ncbi A framework to evaluate research capacity building in health care
    Jo Cooke
    Primary Care and Social Care Lead, Trent Research and Development Unit, The University of Sheffield, 219 Portobello, Sheffield S1 4DP, UK
    BMC Fam Pract 6:44. 2005
    ..In this way it could contribute to establishing the effectiveness of these interventions, and establishing a knowledge base to inform the science of RCB...
  24. ncbi Panning for gold: an evidence-based tool for assessment of performance indicators in primary health care
    Roshan Perera
    Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, P O Box 7343 Wellington, New Zealand
    Health Policy 80:314-27. 2007
    ..The use of the tool is discussed in the context of the proposed national implementation of a set of performance indicators in New Zealand...
  25. ncbi An epistemology of patient safety research: a framework for study design and interpretation. Part 3. End points and measurement
    C Brown
    Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
    Qual Saf Health Care 17:170-7. 2008
    ..Since no end point or method of data collection is infallible, the present authors advocate the use of multiple end points and methods where feasible...
  26. ncbi Self-reports of health care utilization compared to provider records
    P L Ritter
    Stanford University School of Medicine, 1000 Welch Road, Suite 204, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    J Clin Epidemiol 54:136-41. 2001
    ..Thus, the likelihood of bias caused by differing demographic factors is low, but researchers should take into account that underreporting occurs and is likely to increase as utilization increases...
  27. ncbi Reported response rates to mailed physician questionnaires
    S M Cummings
    Graduate Program in Health Care Administration, Simmons College, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Health Serv Res 35:1347-55. 2001
    ..CONCLUSIONS: (1) Response rates have remained somewhat constant over time, and (2) researchers need to document the efforts used to increase response rates to mailed physician questionnaires...
  28. ncbi A quantitative analysis of qualitative studies in clinical journals for the 2000 publishing year
    Kathleen Ann McKibbon
    Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, PA USA 15213 2582
    BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 4:11. 2004
    ..The purpose of this descriptive survey was to provide a quantitative evaluation of the qualitative studies published in 170 core clinical journals for 2000...
  29. ncbi The terrain of health policy analysis in low and middle income countries: a review of published literature 1994-2007
    Lucy Gilson
    Centre for Health Policy, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Health Policy Plan 23:294-307. 2008
    ....
  30. ncbi Using effectiveness and cost-effectiveness to make drug coverage decisions: a comparison of Britain, Australia, and Canada
    Fiona M Clement
    Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    JAMA 302:1437-43. 2009
    ..This study describes how that evidence has been used across 3 jurisdictions (Australia, Canada, and Britain) that have been at the forefront of evidence-based coverage internationally...
  31. ncbi Prescription practices of public and private health care providers in Attock District of Pakistan
    S Siddiqi
    Multi-donor Support Unit, Social Action Programme, World Bank Bldg, Shatirah-e-Jamhuriyat, Sector G-5/1, Islamabad, Pakistan
    Int J Health Plann Manage 17:23-40. 2002
    ..Improper prescription practices will not improve without consumer targeted interventions that educate and empower communities regarding the hazards of inappropriate drug use...
  32. ncbi Involving consumers in research and development agenda setting for the NHS: developing an evidence-based approach
    S Oliver
    Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, London, UK
    Health Technol Assess 8:1-148, III-IV. 2004
    ..should engage consumer groups directly and repeatedly in facilitated debate; when discussing health services research, more resources and time are required if consumers are drawn from groups whose main focus of interest is ..
  33. ncbi Mental health in the aftermath of disasters: consensus and controversy
    Mitchell G Weiss
    Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
    J Nerv Ment Dis 191:611-5. 2003
  34. ncbi Social audit of provincial health services: building the community voice into planning in South Africa
    Neil Andersson
    CIETafrica, Saxonwold, South Africa
    J Interprof Care 18:381-90. 2004
    ..Leadership in the health services turned out to be a fourth area for development. And finally, related to this, is the longer-term challenge of establishing and reinforcing community consultation mechanisms...
  35. ncbi Development of a framework for knowledge translation: understanding user context
    Nora Jacobson
    Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
    J Health Serv Res Policy 8:94-9. 2003
    ..The insights they gain will increase their familiarity with the user group, thus aiding in the implicit goal of the interactive model of knowledge translation: making the researcher a part of the user group context...
  36. ncbi Explaining income-related inequalities in doctor utilisation in Europe
    Eddy van Doorslaer
    Department of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Health Econ 13:629-47. 2004
    ..Despite decades of universal and fairly comprehensive coverage in European countries, utilisation patterns suggest that rich and poor are not treated equally...
  37. ncbi The meaning of translational research and why it matters
    Steven H Woolf
    Department of Family Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, West Hospital, 1200 E Broad St, PO Box 980251, Richmond, VA 23298-0251, USA
    JAMA 299:211-3. 2008
  38. ncbi Towards evidence-based clinical practice: an international survey of 18 clinical guideline programs
    Jako S Burgers
    Centre for Quality of Care Research WOK, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Int J Qual Health Care 15:31-45. 2003
    ..To describe systematically the structures and working methods of guideline programs...
  39. ncbi Evidence-based practice and determinants of research use in elderly care in Sweden
    Anne Marie Boström
    Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Nursing, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    J Eval Clin Pract 13:665-73. 2007
    ..These and other factors make implementation of evidence-based care particularly challenging in EC settings. The purpose of this study was to identify determinants of research utilization in EC...
  40. ncbi Changing the behavior of healthcare professionals: the use of theory in promoting the uptake of research findings
    Martin Eccles
    Centre for Health Services Research, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AA, UK
    J Clin Epidemiol 58:107-12. 2005
    ....
  41. ncbi Implementation of integrated dual disorders treatment: a qualitative analysis of facilitators and barriers
    Mary F Brunette
    Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, and Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, State Office Park South, 105 Pleasant St, Concord, NH 03301, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 59:989-95. 2008
    ..This report describes the extent to which this intervention was implemented by 11 community mental health centers participating in a large study of practice implementation. Facilitators and barriers to implementation are described...
  42. ncbi Assessing the quality of service of village malaria workers to strengthen community-based malaria control in Cambodia
    Junko Yasuoka
    Department of Community and Global Health, The University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 0033, Japan
    Malar J 9:109. 2010
    ..This study sought to examine the nature and quality of the VMWs' services...
  43. ncbi Implementation of Home based management of malaria in children reduces the work load for peripheral health facilities in a rural district of Burkina Faso
    Alfred B Tiono
    Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur Paludisme, Ministère de Santé, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa
    Malar J 7:201. 2008
    ..However, the potential fall-out of this community-based strategy on the work burden at the peripheral health facilities level has never been investigated...
  44. ncbi Building capacity in health research in the developing world
    Mary Ann Lansang
    International Clinical Epidemiology Network Trust, Ramon Magsaysay Center, 1680 Roxas Blvd, Manila, 1004, Philippines
    Bull World Health Organ 82:764-70. 2004
    ..Greater national and international investment in capacity building in developing countries has the greatest potential for securing dynamic and agile knowledge systems that can deliver better health and equity, now and in the future...
  45. ncbi Using reflexivity to optimize teamwork in qualitative research
    C A Barry
    Qual Health Res 9:26-44. 1999
    ..The authors present two reflexive tools they have used and show through examples how they have influenced the effectiveness of their team in terms of process, quality, and outcome...
  46. ncbi Grounded theory research: literature reviewing and reflexivity
    Gerry McGhee
    School of Health Studies, Bell College, Hamilton, UK
    J Adv Nurs 60:334-42. 2007
    ..This paper is a report of a discussion of the arguments surrounding the role of the initial literature review in grounded theory...
  47. ncbi Socioeconomic status in health research: one size does not fit all
    Paula A Braveman
    Center on Social Disparities in Health and Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0900, USA
    JAMA 294:2879-88. 2005
    ..Better SES measures are needed in data sources, but improvements could be made by using existing information more thoughtfully and acknowledging its limitations...
  48. ncbi "It all depends": conceptualizing public involvement in the context of health technology assessment agencies
    Francois Pierre Gauvin
    Institut National de Sante Publique du Quebec, National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy, 945 Avenue Wolfe, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
    Soc Sci Med 70:1518-26. 2010
    ..We offer a conceptual tool for analyzing the nature of public involvement across agencies, characterizing different domains, levels of involvement, and types of publics...
  49. ncbi Health disparities across the lifespan: meaning, methods, and mechanisms
    Nancy E Adler
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1186:5-23. 2010
    ..Questions from earlier eras remain active areas of research, while later eras add depth and complexity...
  50. ncbi Recent advances in public health systems research in the United States
    Timothy W Van Wave
    Office of the Chief of Public Health Practice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
    Annu Rev Public Health 31:283-95. 2010
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  51. ncbi Health care quality-improvement approaches to reducing child health disparities
    Marshall H Chin
    University of Chicago, Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC 2007, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Pediatrics 124:S224-36. 2009
    ....
  52. ncbi A modification of the Elixhauser comorbidity measures into a point system for hospital death using administrative data
    Carl van Walraven
    Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Med Care 47:626-33. 2009
    ..However, the Elixhauser classification system requires 30 binary variables, making its use for reporting and analysis of comorbidity cumbersome...
  53. ncbi Strengthening capacity for health research in Africa
    James A G Whitworth
    The Wellcome Trust, London, UK
    Lancet 372:1590-3. 2008
  54. ncbi Multiattribute and single-attribute utility functions for the health utilities index mark 3 system
    David Feeny
    Institute of Health Economics Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Med Care 40:113-28. 2002
    ..HUI3 consists of eight attributes (or dimensions) of health status: vision, hearing, speech, ambulation, dexterity, emotion, cognition, and pain with 5 or 6 levels per attribute, varying from highly impaired to normal...
  55. ncbi Which drugs cause preventable admissions to hospital? A systematic review
    R L Howard
    Nottingham Primary Care Research Partnership, Broxtowe and Hucknall PCT, Hucknall Health Centre, Nottingham, UK
    Br J Clin Pharmacol 63:136-47. 2007
    ....
  56. ncbi Barriers and facilitators to recruitment of physicians and practices for primary care health services research at one centre
    Sharon Johnston
    Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, 43 Bruyere Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    BMC Med Res Methodol 10:109. 2010
    ..This paper reviews recruitment strategies, common challenges, and innovative practices from five recent primary care health services research studies in Ontario, Canada.
  57. ncbi What's the relative risk? A method of correcting the odds ratio in cohort studies of common outcomes
    J Zhang
    Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 7510, USA
    JAMA 280:1690-1. 1998
    ..We propose a simple method to approximate a risk ratio from the adjusted odds ratio and derive an estimate of an association or treatment effect that better represents the true relative risk...
  58. ncbi Interventions in organizational and community context: a framework for building evidence on dissemination and implementation in health services research
    Peter Mendel
    RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90407, USA
    Adm Policy Ment Health 35:21-37. 2008
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  59. ncbi Examining the role of health services research in public policymaking
    John N Lavis
    McMaster University, Institute for Work and Health, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
    Milbank Q 80:125-54. 2002
    ..methodological, and practical issues await those who seek to understand how to make better use of health services research in developing public policy...
  60. ncbi Operational research in low-income countries: what, why, and how?
    Rony Zachariah
    Operational Research Unit, Medical Department, Brussels Operational Centre, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Brussels, Belgium
    Lancet Infect Dis 9:711-7. 2009
    ....
  61. ncbi Eliciting expert opinion using the Delphi technique: identifying performance indicators for cardiovascular disease
    S L Normand
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Int J Qual Health Care 10:247-60. 1998
    ..Methods are demonstrated using the data from five distinct panels convened as part of the Harvard Q-SPAN-CD study, a nationally-funded project whose goal is to identify a set of cardiovascular-related performance measures...
  62. ncbi A systematic review of the Charlson comorbidity index using Canadian administrative databases: a perspective on risk adjustment in critical care research
    Dale M Needham
    Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    J Crit Care 20:12-9. 2005
    The Charlson index is commonly used for risk adjustment in critical care health services research. However, the literature supporting this methodology has not been thoroughly explored...
  63. ncbi A multidimensional conceptual framework for analysing public involvement in health services research
    Sandy R Oliver
    Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, UK
    Health Expect 11:72-84. 2008
    ..To describe the development of a multidimensional conceptual framework capable of drawing out the implications for policy and practice of what is known about public involvement in research agenda setting...
  64. ncbi Demographic factors as predictors for hospital admission in patients with chronic disease
    Kate J Brameld
    School of Population Health, University of Western Australia
    Aust N Z J Public Health 30:562-6. 2006
    ..To identify demographic predictors of hospital admission for chronic disease...
  65. ncbi The role of clinical opinion leaders in guideline implementation and quality improvement
    C Borbas
    Healthcare Education and Research Foundation, St Paul, MN 55114, USA
    Chest 118:24S-32S. 2000
    ..The lag between the publication of clinical and health-services research and the application of this information is substantial and delays health-care improvement. A wide range of corrective strategies are being used to address this issue...
  66. ncbi Pushing the international health research agenda towards equity and effectiveness
    David McCoy
    Peoples Health Movement, c/o Community Health Cell, Bangalore, India
    Lancet 364:1630-1. 2004
  67. ncbi Income inequality, primary care, and health indicators
    L Shi
    Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Hygiene, Baltimore, MD 21205 1996, USA
    J Fam Pract 48:275-84. 1999
    ....
  68. ncbi Narrative methods in quality improvement research
    T Greenhalgh
    Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London, London, UK
    Qual Saf Health Care 14:443-9. 2005
    ..We offer some provisional guidance for distinguishing high quality narrative research in a quality improvement setting from other forms of narrative account such as report, anecdote, and journalism...
  69. ncbi An evaluation of the dose-response relationship in naturalistic treatment settings using survival analysis
    Nathan B Hansen
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Ment Health Serv Res 5:1-12. 2003
    ....
  70. ncbi Estimating the economic value to societies of the impact of health research: a critical review
    Martin Buxton
    Health Economics Research Group, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, England
    Bull World Health Organ 82:733-9. 2004
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  71. ncbi Measurement in Veterans Affairs Health Services Research: veterans as a special population
    Robert O Morgan
    Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Holocombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Health Serv Res 40:1573-83. 2005
    OBJECTIVE: To introduce this supplemental issue on measurement within health services research by using the population of U.S. veterans as an illustrative example of population and system influences on measurement quality...
  72. ncbi Is integration of healthy lifestyle promotion into primary care feasible? Discussion and consensus sessions between clinicians and researchers
    Gonzalo Grandes
    Primary Care Research Unit of Bizkaia, Basque Health Service Osakidetza, Bilbao, Spain
    BMC Health Serv Res 8:213. 2008
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  73. ncbi Validation of a case definition to define hypertension using administrative data
    Hude Quan
    Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
    Hypertension 54:1423-8. 2009
    ..These results provide evidence that administrative data can be used as a relatively valid source of data to define cases of hypertension for surveillance and research purposes...
  74. ncbi Variations among Institutional Review Board reviews in a multisite health services research study
    Kathleen Dziak
    Research and Analysis, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, DC 20036, USA
    Health Serv Res 40:279-90. 2005
    ..Participation among contacted patients did not appear to be related to patient notification procedures. CONCLUSIONS: Variations in IRB requirements can affect response rates and sample generalizability...
  75. ncbi A systematic evaluation of payback of publicly funded health and health services research in Hong Kong
    Patrick Kwan
    Research Office, Health, Welfare and Food Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China
    BMC Health Serv Res 7:121. 2007
    The Health and Health Services Research Fund (HHSRF) is dedicated to support research related to all aspects of health and health services in Hong Kong...
  76. ncbi Health care organizations' use of data on race/ethnicity to address disparities in health care
    David R Nerenz
    Center for Health Services Research, Henry Ford Health System, 1 Ford Place (3A, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
    Health Serv Res 41:1444-50. 2006
  77. ncbi Educating, training, and mentoring minority faculty and other trainees in mental health services research
    Joel Yager
    Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
    Acad Psychiatry 31:146-51. 2007
    ..describe the evolution of a novel national training program to develop minority faculty for mental health services research careers...
  78. ncbi Are health services research methods a match for CAM?
    Patricia M Herman
    Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
    Altern Ther Health Med 12:78-83. 2006
    ..b>Health services research (HSR) is listed as a new research goal in the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ..
  79. ncbi Implications of nested designs in school-based mental health services research
    Krista Kutash
    Research and Training Center for Children s Mental Health, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    Eval Program Plann 30:161-71. 2007
    ..Design effects varied by grade level, suggesting that grade should be considered when designing such evaluations...
  80. ncbi What is the state of health services research in New Zealand?
    Paul M Brown
    School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 121:89-92. 2008
    The article reflects on the current state of health services research (HSR) in New Zealand...
  81. ncbi Canadian Network and Centre for Trials Internationally (CANNeCTIN): a national network for Canadian-led trials in cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus
    John A Cairns
    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
    Can J Cardiol 26:353-8. 2010
    ....
  82. ncbi [Health services research based on routine data generated by the SHI. Potential uses of health insurance fund data in health services research]
    I Schubert
    PMV forschungsgruppe, Universitat zu Koln, Koln, BRD
    Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 51:1095-105. 2008
    Conducting health services research requires a wealth of real-life health service data. A source of data which is for the most part free of bias is the data collected for administrative purposes by the statutory health insurance fund...
  83. ncbi Evaluation of community level interventions to address social and structural determinants of health: a cluster randomised controlled trial
    Martin Wall
    Institute for Health and Human Development, University of East London, London E15 4LZ, UK
    BMC Public Health 9:207. 2009
    ..The interventions focus on healthy eating, healthy physical activity and mental health and wellbeing and are designed and executed with community participation complementing existing facilities and services...
  84. ncbi Using administrative datasets to study outcomes in dialysis patients: a validation study
    Robert R Quinn
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada
    Med Care 48:745-50. 2010
    ..The use of administrative health data and other secondary data sources to conduct research are increasing, and the quality of these data requires careful scrutiny to ensure that findings of studies based on them are accurate...
  85. ncbi Applying an extended theoretical framework for data collection mode to health services research
    Michael R Robling
    South East Wales Trials Unit, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, Wales, CF14 4YS, UK
    BMC Health Serv Res 10:180. 2010
    ..This paper adapts a framework for understanding mode effects on response quality and applies it to a health research context...
  86. ncbi Consumer involvement in research projects: the activities of research funders
    Máire O'Donnell
    Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
    Health Policy 69:229-38. 2004
    ..Researchers should be aware of particular funders' views when applying for project funding...
  87. ncbi Estimating log models: to transform or not to transform?
    W G Manning
    Department of Health Studies, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, The University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    J Health Econ 20:461-94. 2001
    ..The paper provides a straightforward algorithm for choosing among the alternative estimators. Even if the estimators considered are consistent, there can be major losses in precision from selecting a less appropriate estimator...
  88. ncbi Setting priorities in clinical and health services research: properties of an adapted and updated method
    Silvina Berra
    Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Research CAHTA, Barcelona, Spain
    Int J Technol Assess Health Care 26:217-24. 2010
    ....
  89. ncbi The medical home: growing evidence to support a new approach to primary care
    Thomas C Rosenthal
    Department of Family Medicine, University of Buffalo, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
    J Am Board Fam Med 21:427-40. 2008
    ....
  90. ncbi Close cooperation between infectious disease physicians and attending physicians can result in better management and outcome for patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia
    M Nagao
    Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Kyoto University Hospital, 54 Shogoin Kawahara cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto, Japan
    Clin Microbiol Infect 16:1783-8. 2010
    ..6-fold compared to 2002. Proactive intervention by IDPs raised awareness of optimal management of bacteraemia and improved the adherence to the standards of care, which subsequently resulted in an improvement in the outcome...
  91. ncbi Health sector accreditation research: a systematic review
    David Greenfield
    Centre for Clinical Governance Research in Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
    Int J Qual Health Care 20:172-83. 2008
    ..The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze research into accreditation and accreditation processes...
  92. ncbi Health services research: rethinking the quest to be useful
    Steven Lewis
    Access Consulting Ltd, Saskatoon, Canada
    J Health Serv Res Policy 16:59-61. 2011
    b>Health services research (HSR) is conceived as an applied discipline and studies are expected to be useful. Yet some of the most justly famous and important HSR has no tangible short-term impact...
  93. ncbi Methodology in conducting a systematic review of systematic reviews of healthcare interventions
    Valerie Smith
    School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, 24 D Olier Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
    BMC Med Res Methodol 11:15. 2011
    ..Systematic reviews (or overviews) of reviews are a logical and appropriate next step, allowing the findings of separate reviews to be compared and contrasted, providing clinical decision makers with the evidence they need...
  94. ncbi Much ado about two: reconsidering retransformation and the two-part model in health econometrics
    J Mullahy
    University of Wisconsin Madison 53706, USA
    J Health Econ 17:247-81. 1998
    ....
  95. ncbi How can research organizations more effectively transfer research knowledge to decision makers?
    John N Lavis
    McMaster University
    Milbank Q 81:221-48, 171-2. 2003
    ..Research funders can help research organizations take advantage of these opportunities...
  96. ncbi The organizational context of children's mental health services
    Charles Glisson
    Children s Mental Health Services Research Center, The University of Tennessee, 128 Henson Hall, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 3332, USA
    Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev 5:233-53. 2002
    ....
  97. ncbi Meeting patient expectations of care: the major determinant of satisfaction with out-of-hours primary medical care?
    R K McKinley
    Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
    Fam Pract 19:333-8. 2002
    ..Client or consumer expectation is considered to influence their satisfaction with the service provided, but its importance has not been quantified in health care...
  98. ncbi Age and proximity to death as predictors of GP care costs: results from a study of nursing home patients
    C O'Neill
    School of Public Policy, Economics and Law, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
    Health Econ 9:733-8. 2000
    ..Ageing of population and health care expenditure: a red herring? Health Econ 1999; 8: 485-496) that health care costs are more directly related to proximity to death than age...
  99. ncbi Statistical discrimination in health care
    A I Balsa
    Department of Economics, Boston University, MA 02115, USA
    J Health Econ 20:881-907. 2001
    ..After comparing these and other predictions to the published literature, we conclude that statistical discrimination is a potential source of racial/ethnic disparities, and worthy of research...
  100. ncbi Equity in Swedish health care reconsidered: new results based on the finite mixture model
    U G Gerdtham
    Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
    Health Econ 10:565-72. 2001
    ..The new framework offers an alternative perspective on the magnitude of the income-related difference in health care utilization...
  101. ncbi Advancing health disparities research within the health care system: a conceptual framework
    Amy M Kilbourne
    Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
    Am J Public Health 96:2113-21. 2006
    ....

Research Grants74

  1. StaySafe: Reducing Risk Among Adolescents
    Laurie Bauman; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ....
  2. WIDENING HORIZONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION (WHISE)
    AMBER VOGEL; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..abstract_text> ..
  3. The Business Case for Disability Care Coordination
    Susan Palsbo; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ....
  4. Using Community Based Participatory Research to Improve Health in Children
    LUISA contact SEIJO MALDONADO; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Our long term goal is to establish programs to ameliorate the social, psychological, and physical environments of the community that lead to poor health in children ..
  5. A Collaborative, Intersectional Approach to Health Disparities in Pregnancy
    Tina Bloom; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..It will also bring needed health and resource information back to other women, for healthier mothers and babies in the future. ..
  6. Neural Actions of Toluene
    John J Woodward; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Research to be carried out in this proposal will provide a detailed analysis of the effects of abused inhalants on neurons within brain areas involved in addiction. ..
  7. Promoting Engagement of Low Income Clients
    Carol Anderson; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..In so doing, we believe we can improve client engagement rates, prevent treatment drop-out, enhance treatment outcomes, and increase satisfaction with services. ..
  8. Toward Developing Postdisaster Community Interventions
    Fran Norris; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..Proposed products include integrative reviews of the literature and a preliminary program model and research design. ..
  9. Voting Empowerment Study among People with Traumatic Brain Injury
    Mark Hirsch; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ....
  10. CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM
    Huiyong Yin; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Clinical Pharmacology at Vanderbilt is a vibrant and dynamic enterprise poised for significant growth. As a consequence, support for ten training positions per year is requested in this renewal. ..
  11. The Diabetes Information Audit System Project (D.I.A.S.)
    LANA JACKMAN; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..abstract_text> ..
  12. Using Community Based Participatory Research to Improve Health in Children
    ANN MACPHERSON SANCHEZ; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Our long term goal is to establish programs to ameliorate the social, psychological, and physical environments of the community that lead to poor health in children ..
  13. WIDENING HORIZONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION (WHISE)
    WALTER BOLLENBACHER; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..abstract_text> ..
  14. Bloodborne Pathogen Risk in Home Healthcare Workers
    Robyn Gershon; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..This study will improve our understanding of the risks facing home health care workers and allow us to focus our risk management energies and resources appropriately. ..
  15. MINORITY YOUTH ACTION RESEARCH TRAINING INSTITUTE
    Jean Schensul; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ....
  16. Innovative HCW Training: Infectious Disease Risk
    Robyn Gershon; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..The results of this study may have important implications for effective health and safety training for nurses. ..