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

• Autore: Hackshaw Allan K.
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , 2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 610.72
• Soggetto topico: Medicine - Research; Medical care - Evaluation
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: A concise guide to observational studies in healthcare
• ISBN: 1-118-52697-X; 1-118-52712-7; 1-118-52703-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787237603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II