"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H01.770.644.145.360 N03.349.380 N05.425
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| Concept/Terms |
Health Services Research- Health Services Research
- Health Services Evaluation
- Evaluation, Health Services
- Evaluations, Health Services
- Health Services Evaluations
- Research, Medical Care
- Medical Care Research
- Research, Health Services
- Health Care Research
- Research, Health Care
- Healthcare Research
- Research, Healthcare
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2003 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2004 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2018 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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