Health Services Research Methods: A: A Guide to Best Practice - Softcover

Black, Black

 
9780727912756: Health Services Research Methods: A: A Guide to Best Practice
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.

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About the Author

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

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:


  • Non-randomised studies

  • Outcome measurement

  • Randomized trials

  • Statistical methods

  • Area level analysis

  • Economic evaluation

  • Qualitative methods

  • 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.

From the Inside Flap

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:


  • Non-randomised studies

  • Outcome measurement

  • Randomized trials

  • Statistical methods

  • Area level analysis

  • Economic evaluation

  • Qualitative methods

  • 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 this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0727912755
ISBN 13 
9780727912756
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
284