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What do you do for a living? Toward a more succinct definition of health services research.

Phillips CD

Health Services Research Program, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, Texas, USA. phillipscd@srph.tamhsc.edu

This commentary discusses the need for, and the advantages of, a more concise, revised definition of the field of health services research. It argues for a definition that includes not only the topics on which health services research focuses but also the goals of health services research. A number of condensed definitions are provided for consideration.

Published 25 September 2006 in BMC Health Serv Res, 6: 117.
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