Comparison of two data collection processes in clinical studies: Electronic and paper case report forms

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Le Jeannic, Anaïs ^a   Quelen, Céline ^a   Alberti, Corinne ^b,c   Durand Zaleski, Isabelle ^a,d  

^a URC Économie de la Santé Ile de France ^*  (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Costs; Electronic data collection; Time management; Work satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TIME MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84892472883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-14-7     Document Type: Article

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