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PB92-221175
NLM-PSD-92-01
HEALTH SERVICES:
SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR RESEARCH
August 1992
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine
Office of Health Services Research Information
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
National Library of Medicine Cataloging in Publication
FOREWORD
In December 1989, Title IX of the Public Health Service Act
established the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
(AHCPR) and required the AHCPR Administrator and the Director of
the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to enter into an agreement
to improve the organization and dissemination of health services
research information. The legislation also called upon AHCPR to
fund a study by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), National Academy
of Sciences.
Since 1989, NLM has increased its already substantial coverage of
health services research, administration, and planning
information and initiated a number of new services in response to
the report of the IOM study(1) which was completed in September
1991. Health Services: Sources of Information for Research is
one result of NLM's expanded Health Services Research Information
Program.
The guide was developed to aid users and producers of health
services research in accessing relevant literature and sources of
information. Overall responsibility for planning and researching
the content of this volume rested with staff of NLM's Reference
Section and Office of Health Services Research Information.
Content and format were reviewed by staff of several AHCPR
offices and centers and benefitted from their comments. This
guide is especially geared toward the health services researcher
who does not have ready access to an experienced librarian or
other expert assistance in seeking and acquiring information. It
should be particularly valuable for researchers new to the field.
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(1) Harris-Wehling, Jo; Morris, Lawrence C. (Institute of
Medicine, Washington, DC). Improving information services for
health services researchers. A report to the National Library of
Medicine. Washington: National Academy Press; 1991 Sep. Contract
No.: 282-90-0052, Task 2. 62 p.
Lois Ann Colaianni
Associate Director for Library Operations
National Library of Medicine
August 21, 1992TABLE OF CONTENTS
pages
Introduction.....vii
Dictionaries
Biomedicine.....1
Health Services Research .....3
Directories
General .....4
Biomedicine .....6
Health Services Research .....16
Health Legislation and Regulation .....23
Monographs and Bibliographies
Biomedicine .....26
Health Services Research .....29
Health Planning and Policy .....36
Health Legislation and Regulation .....42
Health Economics and Business .....49
Health Manpower and Professional Education .....60
Health Facilities and Services: Organization and Administration
.....65
Health Technology, Equipment, and Drugs .....72
Research Methods .....76
Statistical Sources .....83
Guidelines .....88
Health Information Systems .....90
Special Issues .....92
Journals .....101
Abstracts and Indexes .....122
Databases: Online and CD-ROM .....132
Organizations .....152
Indexes
Author/Organization Index .....171
Title Index .....183
INTRODUCTION
Health services research is "a field of research in which its
intellectual strengths and its methodologies are drawn from an
array of different disciplines including medicine, public health,
economics, sociology, psychology, and many more."(2) The
National Library of Medicine defines health services research as
the study of the scientific basis and management of health
services and their effect on access, quality, and cost of health
care. It is research concerned with the organization, planning,
financing, administration, and outcomes of health services.
A health services researcher outside of academia or a researcher
in one of the associated disciplines of health services research
may find locating information difficult. Learning about the
literature of all the disciplines involved in health services
research and identifying available sources of information can be
very time consuming. Health Services: Sources of Information
for Research was developed to help people to understand and to
gain access to the health services research literature. It
covers current areas of inquiry in health services research as
well as methodologies used to conduct health services research.
The guide is not meant to be exhaustive. It lists selected
references from the wide range of disciplines involved in health
services research. The emphasis is on English language
publications of the past five years, though significant older
works have been included. Most of the publications deal with
health services in the United States and Canada. The guide, for
the most part, is organized alphabetically by publication types,
subdivided by broad subject categories. Author/title indices are
provided at the end.
A bibliographic publication, by its very nature, is dated before
it can be distributed. It is our hope to update this document on
a periodic basis. Comments on this version or suggestions on
ways to improve future versions are welcome and should be
directed to the Head, Office of Health Services Research
Information, National Library of Medicine.
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(2) Ginzberg, Eli, editor. Health services research: key to
health policy. Cambridge (MA): Harvard University Press; 1991.
Chapter 11, The challenge ahead; p.32.