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Rights & Permissions Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles Health Services Research:Work Force and Educational Issues Primary Care:America's Health in a New Era Other Related Titles Health Services Research: Opportunities for an Expanding Field of Inquiry - An Interim Statement (1994) Institute of Medicine (IOM) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "INTRODUCTION." Health Services Research: Opportunities for an Expanding Field of Inquiry - An Interim Statement. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1994. Please select a format: Page 1   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Health Services Research: Opportunities for an Expanding Field of Inquiry INTRODUCTION In response to a request from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the predominant federal locus of health services research funding and training activities, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) established a Committee on Health Services Research: Training and Work Force Issues to study a series of questions about the health services research work force. At the specific request of AHCPR, this brief interim statement was developed on the basis of discussions at the committee's first meeting. It is not a full-fledged IOM report. Rather, this document (1) offers a working definition of health services research that reflects its scope and breadth; (2) describes some future challenges for the field; and (3) comments on selected work force and training issues and critical dimensions of education and training, all of which will guide the committee's further examination of the subject. The committee's final report is due out in mid-1995. As part of its remaining work, the committee expects to meet two more times, commission background papers, conduct an intensive, one-day workshop, and carry out a variety of survey-based activi- Page 1 FRONT MATTER (R1-R4) CONTENTS (R5-R6) INTRODUCTION (1-1) A WORKING DEFINITION OF HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (2-3) CHALLENGES FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH IN THE FUTURE (4-11) WORK FORCE AND TRAINING ISSUES (12-15) CONCLUDING THOUGHTS (16-16) REFERENCES (17-17)

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Health Services Research: Opportunities for an Expanding Field of Inquiry: An Interim Statement Health Services Research: Opportunities for an Expanding Field of Inquiry INTRODUCTION In response to a request from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the predominant federal locus of health services research funding and training activities, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) established a Committee on Health Services Research: Training and Work Force Issues to study a series of questions about the health services research work force. At the specific request of AHCPR, this brief interim statement was developed on the basis of discussions at the committee's first meeting. It is not a full-fledged IOM report. Rather, this document (1) offers a working definition of health services research that reflects its scope and breadth; (2) describes some future challenges for the field; and (3) comments on selected work force and training issues and critical dimensions of education and training, all of which will guide the committee's further examination of the subject. The committee's final report is due out in mid-1995. As part of its remaining work, the committee expects to meet two more times, commission background papers, conduct an intensive, one-day workshop, and carry out a variety of survey-based activi-

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