From research to practice: Which research strategy contributes more to clinical excellence? Comparing high-volume versus high-quality biomedical research

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Tchetchik, Anat ^a   Grinstein, Amir ^a,c,d   Manes, Eran ^a,b   Shapira, Daniel ^a   Durst, Ronen ^e  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c VU University   (Netherlands)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH QUALITY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HIGH VOLUME BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INDEX OF HOSPITAL QUALITY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLICATION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BIBLIOMETRICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDLINE; PHYSICIAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARDIOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICIANS; PUBLICATIONS; PUBMED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939167583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129259     Document Type: Article

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