The advanced handbook of methods in evidence based healthcare / edited by Andrew Stevens... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stevens, Andrew, Dr.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evidence-based medicine--Great Britain.

Evidence-based medicine.

Medical care--Great Britain--Evaluation--Methodology.

Medical care.

Medical technology--Great Britain--Evaluation--Methodology.

Medical technology.

Medical innovations--Great Britain--Evaluation--Methodology.

Medical innovations.

Evaluation.

Methodology.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xxx, 507 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2000.

Summary:

The effectiveness revolution' both in research and clinical practice, has tested available methods for health services research to the extreme. How far can observational methods, routine data and qualitative methods be used in health care evaluation? What cost and outcome measures are appropriate, and how should data be gathered?

With the support of over two million pounds from the British Health Technology Assessment Research Programme, the research project for this Handbook has led to both a synthesis of all of the existing knowledge in these areas and an agenda for future debate and research.

The chapters and their authors have been selected through a careful process of peer review and provide a coher

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761961445

OCLC:

44185183