Research methods in healthcare epidemiology and antimicrobial stewardship - Quasi-experimental designs

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1135-1140

  Schweizer, Marin L ^a,b   Braun, Barbara I ^c   Milstone, Aaron M ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Joint Commission   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HAWTHORNE EFFECT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELECTION BIAS; STUDY DESIGN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CONTROL GROUP; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL BIAS;

ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; BIAS; CONTROL GROUPS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84988843935     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.117     Document Type: Article

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