Evidence-based practice in communication disorders: What do we know, and when do we know it?

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 391-400

  Dollaghan, Christine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical utility; Diagnostic accuracy; Evidence based practice; Likelihood ratios

Indexed keywords

AUDIOLOGY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SPEECH DISORDER; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 3042561481     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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