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[CITE: 42USC284d]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
 
   Part B--General Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes
 
Sec. 284d. ``Health services research'' defined

    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.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 409, as added Pub. L. 102-321, 
title I, Sec. 121(b), July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 358; amended Pub. L. 103-
43, title XX, Sec. 2016(a), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 218.)


                               Amendments

    1993--Pub. L. 103-43 inserted at end ``Such term does not include 
research on the efficacy of services to prevent, diagnose, or treat 
medical conditions.''


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Oct. 1, 1992, with provision for programs 
providing financial assistance, see section 801(c), (d) of Pub. L. 102-
321, set out as an Effective Date of 1992 Amendment note under section 
236 of this title.
