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Principles and Practice of Research

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Health services research is a field of study rather than a discipline. Investigators come from health sciences (biostatistics, epidemiology, medicine, and other health disciplines), management sciences (finance, management, marketing, organizational theory, and operations research), and the social sciences (anthropology, demography, economics, history, political science, psychology, and sociology). The mix of disciplines has shifted over time to meet changes in health policy, advances in research methods and technology, the availability of research funds, and the priorities of funding bodies.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Cologne, Surgical Clinic Merheim, D-5000, Cologne 91, Federal Republic of Germany

    Hans Troidl

  2. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, H3A 1A2, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Walter O. Spitzer

  3. Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, 02114-2696, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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  4. Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, H3G 1A4, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    David S. Mulder

  5. Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Eaton North 10-226, M5G2C4, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Martin F. McKneally

  6. Department of Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, 23298-0645, Richmond, Virginia, USA

    Andrew S. Wechsler

  7. Department of General Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 77030, Houston, Texas, USA

    Charles M. Balch

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