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AcademyHealth - Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice

About Us

AcademyHealth seeks to improve health and health care by generating new knowledge and moving knowledge into action.

 

What is HSR

AcademyHealth defines health services research as the multidisciplinary field of scientific investigation that studies how social factors, financing systems, organizational structures and processes, health technologies, and personal behaviors affect access to health care, the quality and cost of health care, and ultimately our health and well-being. Its research domains are individuals, families, organizations, institutions, communities, and populations. More

Building the Field

AcademyHealth works to improve both the supply and quality of health services research by expanding and improving the scientific basis of the field, increasing the capabilities and skills of researchers and promoting the development of the necessary infrastructure of financial, human and data resources. More

 

Mission & History

AcademyHealth seeks to improve health and health care by generating new knowledge and moving knowledge into action. More
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AcademyHealth Awards

The AcademyHealth Awards recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the fields of health services research and health policy. Nominations are accepted on an annual basis and presented at the Annual Research Meeting. . More