The use and interpretation of quasi-experimental studies in medical informatics

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-23

  Harris, Anthony D ^a,b   McGregor, Jessina C ^a   Perencevich, Eli N ^a,b   Furuno, Jon P ^a   Zhu, Jingkun ^a   Peterson, Dan E ^c   Finkelstein, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Cereplex Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EVALUATION STUDIES; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 29244460641     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M1749     Document Type: Article

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