Health service research
For purposes of this subchapter, the term “health services research” means research endeavors that study the impact of the organization, financing and management of health services on the quality, cost, access to and outcomes of care. Such term does not include research on the efficacy of services to prevent, diagnose, or treat medical conditions.
Clinical research
As used in this subchapter, the term “clinical research” means patient oriented clinical research conducted with human subjects, or research on the causes and consequences of disease in human populations involving material of human origin (such as tissue specimens and cognitive phenomena) for which an investigator or colleague directly interacts with human subjects in an outpatient or inpatient setting to clarify a problem in human physiology, pathophysiology or disease, or epidemiologic or behavioral studies, outcomes research or health services research, or developing new technologies, therapeutic interventions, or clinical trials.
July 1, 1944, ch. 373 Pub. L. 102–321, title I, § 121(b)106 Stat. 358 Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2016(a)107 Stat. 218 Pub. L. 106–505, title II, § 206114 Stat. 2329 (, title IV, § 409, as added , , ; amended , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 106–5052000— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).
Pub. L. 103–431993— inserted at end “Such term does not include research on the efficacy of services to prevent, diagnose, or treat medical conditions.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 102–321section 236 of this titleSection effective , with provision for programs providing financial assistance, see section 801(c), (d) of , set out as an Effective Date of 1992 Amendment note under .