8. Health and social care services research
Main inclusion criteria
Research into the provision and delivery of health and social care services, health policy and studies of research design, measurements and methodologies.
Advice on research activities
Encompasses all research on the provision and delivery of health and social care services. It includes health care delivery and organisation from a health service perspective.
Official terminology
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Full name of code |
Short name | Unique ID |
| 8 Health and social care services research | 8 Health services |
HRCS_RAG_8 |
Related external links
Common Scientific Outline (CSO) – 6 Cancer Control, Survival and Outcomes Research
Summary of Health Services sub-codes:
8.1 Organisation and delivery of services
Examining the organisation and provision of health and social care services and evaluating factors affecting the quality of care, including:
- workforce and career issues
- organisation and management of services
- access to health and social care and geographical variations in outcomes
- effectiveness of different care settings and models of service delivery
- evaluating quality of care including patient safety issues
- evaluation of experiences of service users
- assessment of current and future health care demands
- development and evaluation of interventions to improve services
8.2 Health and welfare economics
Economic evaluation of health and social care interventions and delivery including:
- cost-benefit analysis of services including economic modelling
- cost effectiveness or economic feasibility of implementing new interventions or technologies within health services
- economic assessment of service productivity and outcomes
- health care costs
- development and evaluation of economic models of health care
8.3 Policy, ethics and research governance
- evaluation of local, regional and national healthcare policy
- impact of legislation
- synthesis and evaluation of evidence to inform policy
- dissemination and implementation of research evidence
- research ethics including use of personal data and biological material, consent and confidentiality
- research governance and regulation processes including interpretation of guidelines
- issues surrounding research subjects and donor recruitment
8.4 Research design and methodologies (health services)
Development of research designs and novel methodologies for health care including treatment, management and health services research, including:
- analytical innovation, methodological research, statistical methods and modelling
- development of research measurements including outcome measures
- development of methods of research assessment and evaluation
- development and evaluation of research designs and methodologies
8.5 Resources and infrastructure (health services)
- development and/or distribution of resources for general use by the research community including equipment, cell lines, tissue and DNA banks, and genomic and proteomic sequence resources
- infrastructure to support research networks, consortia and centres