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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787237603321

Autore

Hackshaw Allan K.

Titolo

A concise guide to observational studies in healthcare / / Allan Hackshaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , 2015

ISBN

1-118-52697-X

1-118-52712-7

1-118-52703-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

610.72

Soggetti

Medicine - Research

Medical care - Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 researchers conducting their own