Practice databases and their uses in clinical research

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 541-557

  Tierney, William M ^a   McDonald, Clement J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG CONTROL; MEDICAL RECORD; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0025921750     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.4780100406     Document Type: Article

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