Position paper of the German Network for Health Care Research: What is health care research?

Hoffmann, Wolfgang; Härter, Martin; Bierbaum, Thomas; Ansmann, Lena; Brütt, Anna Levke; Dreinhöfer, Karsten; Geraedts, Max; Köberlein-Neu, Juliane; Pohontsch, Nadine Janis; Riedel-Heller, Steffi; Vollmar, Horst Christian; von Kutzleben, Milena; Wiegand, Hauke Felix; Baum, Fabian; Burggraf, Larissa; Gabrys, Lars; Grill, Eva ; Gühne, Uta; Hammer, Antje; Harst, Lorenz; Herrler, Angélique; Herrmann, Anne; Heuser, Christian; Kowalski, Christoph; Kuske, Silke; March, Stefanie; Neumann, Anne; Nöst, Stefan; Panchyrz, Ivonne; Peters, Stefan; Recken, Heinrich; Sturm-Inwald, Elisabeth C.; Thiel, Christian; Baal, Katharina van; Pfaff, Holger und Schmitt, Jochen (2026): Position paper of the German Network for Health Care Research: What is health care research? In: Gesundheitswesen, Bd. 1, Nr. 10: S. 4-58

Abstract

The scope and definition of health care research is a matter of discussion in our scientific community. The Board of the German Network for Health Care Research has drafted a position paper that was extensively reviewed and commented upon by all working groups and specialist groups of the network. The present version represents consented common grounds to a large degree but is neither complete nor final. We consider this position paper a living document that will evolve and further converge in an ongoing discussion in the network.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin > Institut für Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Biometrie und Epidemiologie
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 0941-3790
• Bemerkung: Article published online: 2025-08-28
• Sprache: Englisch