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A concise guide to observational studies in healthcare / Allan Hackshaw.
Holman Biotech Commons R852 .H33 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hackshaw, Allan K., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--Research.
- Medicine.
- Medicine--Research--Methodology.
- Observational Studies as Topic--methods.
- Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care.
- Epidemiologic Research Design.
- Medical Subjects:
- Observational Studies as Topic--methods.
- Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care.
- Epidemiologic Research Design.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 242 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2015.
- Summary:
- A Concise Guide to Observational Studies in Healthcare provides busy healthcare professionals with an easy-to-read introduction and overview to conducting, analysing and assessing observational studies. It is a suitable introduction for anyone without prior knowledge of study design, analysis or conduct as the important concepts are presented throughout the text. It provides an overview to the features of design analyses and conduct of observational studies, without using mathematical formulae, or complex statistics or terminology and is a useful guide for researches conducting their own studies, those who participate in studies coordinated by others or who read or review a publishes report of an observational study. Examples are based on clinical features of people biomarkers, lifestyle habits and environmental exposures, and evaluating quality of care. A Concise Guide to Observational Studies in Healthcare is a companion text to the popular A Concise Guide to Clinical Trials and is relevant for all healthcare professionals, clinical and health researches, and medical students. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Fundamental concepts
- Outcome measures, risk factors, and causality
- Effect sizes and regression methods
- Studies based on patient medical records
- Cross-sectional studies
- Case-control studies
- Cohort studies
- Quality of care studies
- Prognostic markers for predicting outcomes
- Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
- Conducting and reporting observational studies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hackshaw, Allan K., author. Concise guide to observational studies in healthcare.
- ISBN:
- 9780470658673
- 0470658673
- OCLC:
- 879769474
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