Searching for information on outcomes: Do you need to be comprehensive?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 163-167

  Brettle, Alison J ^a   Long, Andrew F ^a   Grant, Maria J ^b   Greenhalgh, Joanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Ctr for Health Information Quality   (United Kingdom)

^c NUFFIELD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Databases; Outcome measurement; Searches

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION SERVICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REVIEW;

DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STATE MEDICINE; SUBJECT HEADINGS;

EID: 0031689294     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.7.3.163     Document Type: Review

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