Appropriateness of healthcare interventions: Concepts and scoping of the published literature

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 342-349

  Sanmartin, Claudia ^a,b   Murphy, Kellie ^b   Choptain, Nicole ^c   Conner Spady, Barbara ^d   McLaren, Lindsay ^a   Bohm, Eric ^e   Dunbar, Michael J ^f,g   Sanmugasunderam, Suren ^h   De Coster, Carolyn ^a,i   McGurran, John ^j   Lorenzetti, Diane L ^a,k   Noseworthy, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^c Choptain Consulting   (Canada)

^d Western Canada Waiting List Project

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ University of British Columbia ^*  (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^k INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Appropriateness; Indications; Literature review; Scoping review

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION;

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY; CONCEPTUAL MODELLING; DATA EXTRACTION; GROUNDWORK (CO); HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SERVICES; SCOPING;

HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDLINE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 46749108502     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462308080458     Document Type: Article

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