Health Services Research Methods: A - Softcover

Black, Black

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0727912755 ISBN 13: 9780727912756

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1998

Synopsis

An up to date account of all that is known about the key methods used in health services research. It describes the uses and limitations of the principal methods based on the findings of the NHS Health Technology Assessment Programme. Each chapter makes suggestions for best practice.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Optimum health care based on sound scientific evidence demands the use of the best research methods available.

Health Services Research Methods is based on the most wide ranging review ever conducted. Commissioned by the British National Health Service Health Technology Assessment Programme, leading experts have compiled systematic reviews of all the available scientific evidence in major research areas including:

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• Non-randomised studies
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• Outcome measurement
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• Randomized trials
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• Statistical methods
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• Area level analysis
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• Economic evaluation
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• Qualitative methods
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• Synthesising evidence.

The chapters based on these reviews are a distillation of the most up to date information that everyone involved in health services research should have. Each one provides practical recommendations, and the research evidence is illustrated by case studies. Health care researchers from those in primary care to those in specialized fields will find this a highly readable and practical guide to the approaches they should be taking.

About the Author:

Nick Black and Barnaby Reeves are the authors of Health Services Research Methods: A Guide to Best Practice, published by Wiley.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0727912755
• ISBN 13: 9780727912756
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 284