Health Services Research

Abstract

A series of interviews with significant personalities in the field of health services research.

Abstract People and meeting files and research data analysis output makes up the bulk of the collection. Important are his records and data analysis outputs that underpin his seminal 1973 article "Small area variations in health care delivery" in Science magazine. Also sent/received faxes, Codman Co. consulting files and reports, Tracking Medicine book drafts, subject files, presentations. Very little rich correspondence - Wennberg communicated mainly in person-to-person meetings, conversations,...

Abstract

Eisenberg was a principal figure in health services research, and head of AHRQ, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Materials cover Eisenberg's education at Princeton University and his careers at the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, and AHRQ. The Collection is evenly divided between research and administrative materials used by Eisenberg in speeches, lectures, writings, and management responsibilities.

Abstract

The papers in the collection reflect the committee's activities and interests. Included in the files are the program analyses prepared for the committee, background information on medical research in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and other information reflective of the state of federal medical research in the mid-1950's.