Usefulness of a short-term register for health technology assessment where the evidence base is poor

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-101

  Patrick, Hannah ^a   Gallaugher, Sally ^a   Czoski Murray, Carolyn ^b   Wheeler, Robert ^c   Chattle, Marc ^b   Marlow, Mirella ^a   Lyratzopoulos, Georgios ^a   Campbell, Bruce ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthcare technology assessment; Registers

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EVENTS; COMMITTEE MEMBERS; EFFICACY DATA; ENGLAND; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS; HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY; INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES; UNITED KINGDOM;

CODING ERRORS; HEALTH; REPAIR; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY;

HOSPITALS;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; FUNNEL CHEST; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUBLICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WOUND INFECTION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGISTER; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FUNNEL CHEST; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949892018     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462309990602     Document Type: Article

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