Visit the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ( https://www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/hsrguide/hsrguide.html ) and after reading their “An Organizational Guide to Building Health Service

Visit the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ( https://www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/hsrguide/hsrguide.html ) and after reading their “An Organizational Guide to Building Health Services Research Capacity”, discuss the following:

1. Using AHRQ’s definition, what is health services research used for? How can health services research affect policy?

• Then, refer to pages 34-40 in your text and describe the process of health services research. What topic in HSR would you choose to research? What problems in health services would you like to solve?

Required Textbook:

Health Services Research Methods 2edPublisher: CengageAuthor’s Name: Leiyu ShiISBN: 978-1-4283-5229-2