Health Services Research

"Health Services Research" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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)

Descriptor ID	D006302
MeSH Number(s)	H01.770.644.145.360 N03.349.380 N05.425
Concept/Terms	Health Services Research Health Services Research Health Services Evaluation Evaluation, Health Services Evaluations, Health Services Health Services Evaluations Healthcare Research Research, Healthcare Research, Health Services Research, Medical Care Health Care Research Research, Health Care Medical Care Research Action Research Action Research Research, Action

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Health Services Research".

Natural Sciences [H]
Natural Science Disciplines [H01]
Science [H01.770]
Research [H01.770.644]
Biomedical Research [H01.770.644.145]
Health Services Research [H01.770.644.145.360]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Health Planning [N03.349]
Health Services Research [N03.349.380]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Health Services Research [N05.425]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Health Services Research".

Health Services Research
Comparative Effectiveness Research

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Health Services Research" by people in this website by year, and whether "Health Services Research" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 215 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2004

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	5	4	9
1997	1	2	3
1998	2	2	4
1999	1	4	5
2000	5	1	6
2001	2	3	5
2002	1	9	10
2003	0	13	13
2004	2	12	14
2005	3	3	6
2006	1	8	9
2007	0	5	5
2008	2	3	5
2009	3	5	8
2010	4	4	8
2011	0	9	9
2012	2	8	10
2013	5	7	12
2014	5	7	12
2015	4	7	11
2016	3	4	7
2017	7	3	10
2018	4	6	10
2019	3	4	7
2020	1	0	1
2021	4	0	4
2022	1	2	3
2023	0	3	3
2024	1	2	3
2025	2	1	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Services Research" by people in Profiles.

Martin CL, Bakker CJ, Marquard JL, Sittig S, Allain J, Gopikrishnan AD, Chih MY, Kim KK, Peta VJ, Gao G. Transforming Literature Reviews in Healthcare Research with Artificial Intelligence: Preliminary Insights. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2025 Aug 07; 329:1648-1649.

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Bauer D, Orchard DA, Day PG, Tunzi M, Satin DJ. A literature review of non-financial conflicts of interest in healthcare research and publication. BMC Med Ethics. 2025 05 15; 26(1):61.

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Borsky AE, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Rodriguez A, Fenwick K, Friedman JK, Yano EM. The State of VA-funded Women Veterans' Health Systems Research. Womens Health Issues. 2025 May-Jun; 35(3):205-218.

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Beaulieu-Jones BR, Laudon AD, Duraiswamy S, Yang F, Chen E, Flum DR, Lerner K, Evans H, Charboneau A, Simianu VV, Thompson L, Azar F, Valdes V, Narsule C, Sanchez SE, Drake FT. A Multicenter Assessment of the Accuracy of Claims Data in Appendicitis Research. Ann Surg. 2026 Aug 01; 284(2):371-378.

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Vogt D, Kligler B, Darchuk K, Elbogen E, List JM, McMullen T, Murphy JL, Bokhour B. Measuring the Well-Being of the Whole Person in Clinical Care, Health Research, and Population Health Evaluation: Findings and Recommendations From the XVIII Veterans Health Administration State of the Art Meeting. Med Care. 2024 12 01; 62(12 Suppl 1):S4-S12.

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Singh RS, Landes SJ, Abraham TH, McFrederick P, Kauth MR, Shipherd JC, Kirchner JE. Recruitment tools for transgender and gender diverse veterans in health care research. Psychol Serv. 2024 Nov; 21(4):908-915.

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Patil SP, Billings ME, Bourjeily G, Collop NA, Gottlieb DJ, Johnson KG, Kimoff RJ, Pack AI. Long-term health outcomes for patients with obstructive sleep apnea: placing the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality report in context-a multisociety commentary. J Clin Sleep Med. 2024 01 01; 20(1):135-149.

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Evans EA, Geissler KH. Use of Big Data and Ethical Issues for Populations With Substance Use Disorder. Value Health. 2023 09; 26(9):1321-1324.

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Tamlyn AL, Tjilos M, Bosch NA, Barnett KG, Perkins RB, Walkey A, Assoumou SA, Linas BP, Drainoni ML. At the intersection of trust and mistrust: A qualitative analysis of motivators and barriers to research participation at a safety-net hospital. Health Expect. 2023 06; 26(3):1118-1126.

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Ward MJ, Hwang U, Hastings SN, Timko C, Chen JI, Vashi AA, Mattocks K, Abel EA, Bravata DM. Research and policy recommendations from the SOTA XVI: State of the Art Conference on VA Emergency Medicine. Acad Emerg Med. 2023 04; 30(4):240-251.

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