Clinical research methods for surgeons
By: edited by David F. Penson, John Wei.
Contributors: Penson, David F.; Wei, John.
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
Subjects: Medicine -- Research -- Methodology.; Surgery.; Biomedical Research -- methods.; Surgery -- methods.; Research Design.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Planning the research / Eugene Blackstone; title: Ethical issues in clinical research / David F. Penson; title: Budget development and staffing / Judith Fine and Peter C. Albertsen; title: Non randomized interventional study designs (quasi-experimental designs) / David Axelrod, Rodney Hayward; title: Randomized clinical trials of surgical procedures / Michael P. Porter; title: Use of observational databases (registries) in research / Deborah P. Lubeck; title: Risk adjustment / William G. Henderson and Shukri F. Khuri; title: Basic statistical methods / David Etzioni, Nadia Howlader, and Ruth Etzioni; title: Survival analyses / Rodney L. Dunn and John T. Wei; title: Assessing the performance and validity of diagnostic tests and screening programs / David C. Miller, Rodney L. Dunn, and John T. Wei; title: Secondary data analyses / Andrew Rosenberg, MaryLou VH Greenfield, and Justin B. Dimick; title: Traditional outcome measures / Aruna V. Sarma, and Julie C. McLaughlin; title: Health-related quality of life / Mark Litwin; title: Measuring patient satisfaction / Arvin Koruthu George and Martin G. Sanda; title: Quality of care / Jessica B. O'Connell and Clifford Y. Ko; title: Cost-effectiveness analyses / Lynn Stothers; title: Qualitative research / Donna L. Berry, Sally L. Maliski, and William J. Ellis; title: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses / Timothy J. Wilt and Howard A. Fink.