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Evaluating the healthcare system : effectiveness, efficiency, and equity / Lu Ann Aday ... [et al.]. - 3rd edition - Chicago, Ill. : Washington, D.C. : Health Administration Press ; Academy Health, c2004. - xx, 353 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction to health services research and policy analysis
2. Effectiveness : concepts and methods
3. Effectiveness : policy strategies, evidence, and criteria
4. Efficiency : concepts and methods
5. Efficiency : policy strategies, evidence, and criteria
6. Equity : concepts and methods
7. Equity : policy strategies, evidence, and criteria
8. Integrating health services research and policy analysis
9. Applying health services research in policy analysis

ISBN: 1567932223 (alk. paper)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Medical care--Evaluation.--United States
Medical care--Research--United States.
Medical policy--Evaluation.--United States
Health Services Research--United States.
Delivery of Health Care--United States.
Health Policy--United States.
Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)--United States.
Quality Indicators, Health Care--United States.

National Library of Medicine Call No.: W 84.3 E92 2004