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Kerr L. White  

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  • Kerr L. White is arguably the founder of the discipline of health services research in the United States. Throughout his long and distinguished career as a researcher, university professor, and government and foundation administrator, he developed the conceptual framework of health services research, established and shaped government health services research programs, and funded the emerging discipline of health services research. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Services Research; White, Kerr L.]

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