Using the Knowledge Base of Health Services Research to Redefine Health Care Systems.

Journal: Journal of general internal medicine
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Abstract

This Perspective discusses 12 key facts derived from 50 years of health services research and argues that this knowledge base can stimulate innovative thinking about how to make health care systems safer, more efficient, more cost effective, and more patient centered, even as they respond to the needs of diverse communities.

Authors

  • Robert H Brook
    RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA. brook@rand.org.
  • Mary E Vaiana
    RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.