Health Services Research Methods
Subtitle: A Guide to Best Practice
Contributors: Deborah Ashby (Contributor); R. E. Ashcroft (Contributor); Cindy Billingham (Contributor); Andy Briggs (Contributor); John Cairns (Contributor); Jane Bower (Contributor); Sarah Edwards (Contributor); Nick Black (Editor); John Brazier (Editor); Ray Fitzpatrick (Editor)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: October 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780727912756
Subjects: Health systems & services; Social research & statistics; Public Health; Health Care Delivery; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Research; MEDICAL CARE_RESEARCH; Medical / Research
First sentence: Health technology assessment (HTA) is the term used internationally for the evaluation of specific health care technologies where the aim is to produce evidence with clinical or policy relevance.
Description: Based on a review commissioned by the British National Health Service Health Technology Assessment Programme, with input from leading experts on the scientific evidence in major research areas including: non-randomised studies; outcome measurement; randomised trials; statistical methods; area level analysis; economic evaluation; qualitative methods, and the synthesis of evidence.