Health Services Research: A Review for the Interventional Radiologist

Abstract

Health services research (HSR) is a multidisciplinary field which studies access to drivers of health care service utilization, the quality and cost of services, and their outcomes on groups of patients. Since its foundations in the 1960s, there has been a large focus on HSR and using large data sets to study real-world care. Because interventional radiology (IR) is a dynamic field with foundations in innovation, research often focuses on small-scale projects. This review will discuss HSR including data sources, focus areas, methodologies, limitations, and opportunities for future directions in IR.

Keywords

health services research - interventional radiology - big data - outcomes - population health

Disclosures

K.M.: None.

M.M.: None.

P.S.T.: Consultant—Boston Scientific; speaking and consulting fees—Fortec Medical; advisory board—Pneumonix. Grant support from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Cancer Institute, and American Heart Association unrelated to the current submission.

Publikationsverlauf

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
02. November 2023

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