Assessing validity of observational intervention studies – the Benchmarking Controlled Trials

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 440-443

  Malmivaara, Antti ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

benchmarking controlled trial; Checklist; cost effectiveness; effectiveness; inequality; real effectiveness medicine; validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENCHMARKING; CHECKLIST; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF; STAFF COMPETENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84971414269     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2016.1186830     Document Type: Article

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