Innovative tools for quality assessment: Integrated quality criteria for review of multiple study designs (ICROMS)

Public Health

Volumn 133, Issue , 2016, Pages 19-37

  Zingg, W ^a,b   Castro Sanchez, E ^a   Secci, F V ^a   Edwards, R ^a   Drumright, L N ^a   Sevdalis, N ^a,c   Holmes, A H ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence base; Grading; Health care; Public health; Quality assessment; Quality criteria; Study design; Systematic review; Tool

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAFETY;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDS;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84954271304     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.10.012     Document Type: Article

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