Health Services Research: Work Force and Educational Issues -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Health Services Research: Work Force and Educational Issues -- Summary -- ORIGINS OF THE STUDY -- STUDY APPROACH -- DEFINING HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH -- FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Work Force Data -- Work Force Supply and Demand -- Training Programs -- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH: TODAY AND TOMORROW -- 1 Introduction and Background -- ORIGINS OF THE STUDY -- STUDY APPROACH -- DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS -- Health Services Research -- Health Services Research Work Force -- Health Services Research Education and Training -- Support for Health Services Research -- CONCLUSION -- 2 Overview of Health Services Research -- A BRIEF LOOK BACK -- Before 1965 -- 1965 and After -- Federally Sponsored Research -- Other Sponsors of Health Services Research -- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH TODAY AND TOMORROW -- Organization and Financing of Health Services -- Access to Health Care -- Quality of Care -- Clinical Evaluation and Outcomes Research -- Informatics and Clinical Decisionmaking -- Practitioner, Patient, and Consumer Behavior -- Health Professions Work Force -- CONCLUSION -- 3 The Health Services Research Work Force -- THE CURRENT WORK FORCE -- Methodological Issues -- Committee Data Collection Strategies -- Size and Characteristics of the Work Force -- Supply in Relation to Demand -- THE FUTURE WORK FORCE -- Estimating the Future Supply of Personnel -- Estimating the Future Demand for Personnel -- Future Prospects -- CONCLUSION -- 4 Educational Programs, Resources, and Issues -- EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS -- Information Sources -- Types of Programs -- Master's Degree Programs -- Doctoral Programs -- Postdoctoral Programs -- On-the-Job Training and Continuing Education -- Current Program Enrollments -- Curricula and Preparation for the "Real World".

Core Courses -- Preparation for the "Real World" -- FUNDING FOR EDUCATION IN HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH -- Federal Programs -- Historical Context -- Current NRSA Program -- Other Federal Programs -- Nonfederal Programs -- CONCLUSION -- 5 Findings and Recommendations -- DATA AVAILABILITY AND IMPROVEMENT -- WORK FORCE SIZE AND CHARACTERISTICS -- SUPPLY IN RELATION TO DEMAND -- Current Supply and Demand -- Future Supply and Demand -- TRAINING PROGRAMS -- CONCLUSION -- References -- Appendix A A New Database on the U.S. Health Services Research Work Force -- BACKGROUND -- DATA SOURCES AND PROCEDURES -- SUMMARY OF RESULTS -- Distribution of Researchers by Region and State -- Graduate Education -- Type of Employer -- Current and Future Hiring of Researchers -- Anticipated Future Demand -- SUMMARY -- Appendix B Survey of Health Services Research Educational Programs -- OBJECTIVES AND METHOD -- FINDINGS -- Program Structure -- Academic and Work Backgrounds of Students -- Curriculum -- Enrollment -- Financial Aid -- Post-Training Careers -- Appendix C Multistate Life Table Methodology and Projections -- Projection Models -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Appendix D Committee Biographies.