Epistemic dialog between health services and operations research

Pesquisa Operacional

Maria Stella De Castro Lobo²  Marcos Pereira Estellita Lins¹ 

[1] ,University Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho Epidemiology and Evaluation Department

关键词: epistemology;    soft OR;    data envelopment analysis;    complex societal problems;    health planning;    health services epidemiology;    epistemologia;    PO soft;    análise envoltória de dados;    problemas sociais complexos;    planejamento em saúde;    epidemiologia de serviços de saúde;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0101-74382010000200007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The study proposes a dialogical approach between OR and Health Services Planning and Epidemiology based on the similarities of their own epistemological experiences, according to Habermas' Theory of Knowledge. As a field of application, healthcare services planning and epidemiology are characterized as Complex Societal Problems, requiring multidisciplinary and multi dimensional approaches. A review of the literature on OR efficiency healthcare services applications is made to confront the perspective of the OR analyst and that of the health manager. Finally, an agenda is proposed to enhance the interaction between the disciplines, by increasing actuality of the OR methods' findings, to guarantee that the results of health services research will really be put in practice by health policy decision makers.

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