[Oncological healthcare research in urology - perspectives].

Healthcare research has become established as an interdisciplinary self-contained field of research. It has now arrived in oncology and also provides important knowledge on healthcare events and for analysis of healthcare quality in urology. Because healthcare research covers a broad range both methodologically and in content, it is not always easy to maintain an overview of the many concurrently occurring developments. This article describes three current developments, which will probably be come of great importance for oncological healthcare research in the coming years and will also play a role in urology.