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  2. Medical research - Wikipedia

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    The University of Florida Cancer and Genetics Research Complex is an integrated medical research facility. Medical research (or biomedical research ), also known as health research, refers to the process of using scientific methods with the aim to produce knowledge about human diseases, the prevention and treatment of illness, and the promotion ...

  3. Health services research - Wikipedia

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    Health services research (HSR) became a burgeoning field in North America in the 1960s, when scientific information and policy deliberation began to coalesce. Sometimes also referred to as health systems research or health policy and systems research (HPSR), HSR is a multidisciplinary scientific field that examines how people get access to health care practitioners and health care services ...

  4. Health data - Wikipedia

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    Health data is any data "related to health conditions, reproductive outcomes, causes of death, and quality of life " [1] for an individual or population. Health data includes clinical metrics along with environmental, socioeconomic, and behavioral information pertinent to health and wellness. A plurality of health data are collected and used ...

  5. Health system - Wikipedia

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    Health system. A health system, health care system or healthcare system is an organization of people, institutions, and resources that delivers health care services to meet the health needs of target populations. There is a wide variety of health systems around the world, with as many histories and organizational structures as there are nations.

  6. Glossary of clinical research - Wikipedia

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    A case series in which the patients receive treatment in a clinic or other medical facility. (NCI) Clinical study or Clinical trial. A type of research study that tests how well new medical approaches work in people. These studies test new methods of screening, prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a disease.

  7. Public health - Wikipedia

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    The definition of health is vague and there are many conceptualizations. Public health practitioners definition of health can different markedly from members of the public or clinicians. This can mean that members of the public view the values behind public health interventions as alien which can cause resentment amongst the public towards ...

  8. Medical anthropology - Wikipedia

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    Medical anthropology studies "human health and disease, health care systems, and biocultural adaptation". [1] It views humans from multidimensional and ecological perspectives. [2] It is one of the most highly developed areas of anthropology and applied anthropology, [3] and is a subfield of social and cultural anthropology that examines the ...

  9. National Health and Medical Research Council - Wikipedia

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    The National Health and Medical Research Council ( NHMRC) is the main statutory authority of the Australian Government responsible for medical research. It was the eighth largest research funding body in the world in 2016, [3] and NHMRC-funded research is globally recognised for its high quality. [4] Around 45% of all Australian medical ...