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Quiz for Introduction to Health Services Research Module 4

Module 4 introduced you to the major health services research databases such as HSRProj, HSTAT, and to the Database of Health Services Research Resources (HSRR). Upon successful completion of this quiz you may request a Certificate of Success by clicking on the button located at the bottom of the answer page.


1. The database that provides annotated references on topics related to population, demographics, family planning and on sexually transmitted disease is called what? (Name of database).

PAIS International
DIRLINE
POPLINE
Sociological Abstracts


2. Librarians should systematically check the tables of content of key health services journals. True | False

True
False


3. Step 1 of the questions you should ask when thinking about conceptualizing a search is

Decide who the likely article authors are
Decide what the major concepts are that underlie your question
Begin collecting MeSH headings and keywords
Ask your client to explain in one sentence exactly what he or she needs.


4. We need to keep in mind that HealthSTAR... (select the best answer).

migrated to other NLM online web-based environments
resided as a separate database (originally called HSTAR) available from the National Library of Medicine from February 1994 to December 2000.
focused on health services research
included clinical and non-clinical aspects of health care delivery
all of the above
none of the above


5. HSTAT is an electronic resource that provides access to __________ (what kind of) documents. (Select the best answer from the list below).

various
sundry
required
full-text


6. NLM staff have set up a search filter for retrieving articles on healthcare quality and costs. The categories that you can use to retrieve articles on these topics include: Appropriateness, Process assessment, Outcomes assessment, Costs, Economics, and ______________. (what is the missing category?)

Qualitative research
Quantitative research
Effectiveness research
Statistical methods


7. In the HSTAT database, wild cards are indicated by a/an (symbol).

quotation marks (")
percent sign (%)
dollar sign ($)
question mark (?)
asterisk (*)


8. Health services researchers who use primarily the business/management literature in collecting background articles for projects and for solving management, business and leadership problems are called (what)?

medical sociologists
medical anthropologists
health care administrators
CIOs


9. Librarians and researchers can contact the PIs on most research projects by searching (which database)?

A. HSRProj
B. HaPI
C. ABI-Inform
D. CRISP
E. B and D
F. A and D


10. What database in addition to HaPI can you use to search for instruments/surveys related to health services research?

ABI-Inform
PAIS
NTIS
HSRR

 

Last updated: 21 May 2004
First published: 05 December 2003
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