Abstract

LORENZO GONZALEZ, Belkys; BELTRAN GONZALEZ, Benita Mavel; ENDO MILAN, Jesús  and  PULIDO LOPEZ, Juan José. Research in Health Services and Systems, a management tool in health care. EDUMECENTRO [online]. 2023, vol.15  Epub July 30, 2023. ISSN 2077-2874.

Improving care processes in health services is a priority of the Ministry of Public Health in Cuba and Research in Health Services and Systems. The projections in this field can be aimed at the description of health problems and services, the evaluation of health interventions (promotion, prevention, cure, and rehabilitation) and those focused on determining problematic situations that arise in the application of health activities with the objective of analyzing the possible causes and finding solutions. Research in health services and systems facilitate the planning, organization, evaluation, and control of services and provide evidence for the scientific direction of the health system, so the objective of the article is to analyze the methodological and organizational aspects of Research in Health Services and Systems and enable the participation of professionals and managers from multiple disciplines that foster intersectoriality.

Keywords : research; assessment; health systems; health services.

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