New MRC guidance on evaluating complex interventions

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7676, 2008, Pages 944-945

  Anderson, Rob ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG SCREENING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDITORIAL; EMPOWERMENT; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MASS COMMUNICATION; NOTE; STANDARD; THERAPY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 55549131909     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a1937     Document Type: Editorial

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