Evaluating policy and service interventions: Framework to guide selection and interpretation of study end points

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7775, 2010, Pages 715-720

  Lilford, Richard J ^a   Chilton, Peter J ^a   Hemming, Karla ^a   Girling, Alan J ^a   Taylor, Celia A ^a   Barach, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE;

BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH POLICY; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLICATION BIAS;

EID: 77957362112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c4413     Document Type: Review

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