The refinement of topics for systematic reviews: Lessons and recommendations from the Effective Health Care Program

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 425-432

  Buckley, David I ^a   Ansari, Mohammed T ^b   Butler, Mary ^c   Soh, Clara ^d   Chang, Christine S ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^e AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Evidence based practice; Methods; Patient centered care; Research design; Stakeholder engagement; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; RESEARCH ETHICS; SELECTION BIAS; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; METHODS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84896807128     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.10.023     Document Type: Article

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