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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction to Health Services Research and Policy Analysis | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Overview of Health Services Research | |
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| Overview of Health Policy Analysis | |
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| Integration of Health Services Research and Policy Analysis | |
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| Overview of Health Services in the United States | |
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| International Perspective on Health Services | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Effectiveness: Concepts and Methods | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| Overview | |
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| Concepts and Definitions | |
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| Conceptual Models of Effectiveness | |
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| Study Designs | |
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| Other Important Aspects of Effectiveness Research | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Effectiveness: Policy Strategies, Evidence, and Criteria | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| Overview | |
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| Strategies for Improving Clinical Effectiveness | |
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| Population Level | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Efficiency: Concepts and Methods | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| Overview | |
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| Conceptual Framework and Definitions | |
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| Criteria for Optimal Allocation | |
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| Assumptions of a Competitive Market | |
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| Assumptions of Healthcare Markets | |
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| Key Methods of Assessing Efficiency | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Efficiency: Policy Strategies, Evidence, and Criteria | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| Overview | |
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| Policy Strategies Relating to Efficiency | |
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| Evidence of Efficiency | |
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| Criteria for Assessing Policy Alternatives' Ability to Achieve Efficiency Goals | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Equity: Concepts and Methods | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| Overview | |
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| Conceptual Framework and Definitions | |
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| Key Methods of Assessing Equity | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Equity: Policy Strategies, Evidence, and Criteria | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| Overview | |
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| Policy Strategies Relating to Equity | |
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| Evidence Relating to Equity | |
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| Delivery System | |
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| Population at Risk | |
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| Deliberative Justice | |
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| Criteria for Assessing Health Policies in Terms of Equity Promotion | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Applying Health Services Research in Policy Analysis | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| Overview | |
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| The Policymaking Process | |
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| The Nature of Policy Analysis | |
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| HSR in Policy Analysis | |
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| Challenges in Applying HSR in Policy Analysis | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Health Disparities Case Study | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| Overview | |
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| Background | |
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| Policy Evaluation Question and Tasks | |
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| Conclusion and Recommendations | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors | |