Why are academic centers for health services research important?
A. Academic-based health services and policy research programs are in unique positions to meet these needs. They provide a knowledge of what is ‘known’, which can be useful in challenging the self-interested positions of stakeholders and, because they are at arm’s length from the policy process, academics bring an independent view to highly charged issues and a credibility to the findings.
A. Academic-based health services and policy research programs are in unique positions to meet these needs. They provide a knowledge of what is known, which can be useful in challenging the self-interested positions of stakeholders and, because they are at arms length from the policy process, academics bring an independent view to highly charged issues and a credibility to the findings.
