Quasi-experimental study designs series—paper 11: supporting the production and use of health systems research syntheses that draw on quasi-experimental study designs

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 89, Issue , 2017, Pages 92-97

  Lavis, John N ^a,b,c   Bärnighausen, Till ^c,d,e   El Jardali, Fadi ^b,f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^f AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Dissemination; Health systems research; Infrastructure; Quasi experimental evidence; Research synthesis; Tools

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPIRICISM; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RESEARCH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NON-RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85032259331     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.03.014     Document Type: Article

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