Fundamentals of Evidence-Based Health Care and Translational Science

Comparative effectiveness research – the conduct and synthesis of systematic research in order to compare the benefits and harms of alternative treatment options – is of critical importance in enabling informed health care decisions to be made. This user-friendly, practical handbook examines in dept...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chiappelli, Francesco
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Fundamental Implications for Clinical Practice: Translational Effectiveness in the Context of Translational Science
  • Comparative Effectiveness Analysis and Evidence-Based Decisions
  • The Best Available Evidence
  • Sampling and Assessment of the Evidence
  • Systematic Evaluation of Statistical Analysis: Data Analysis in Research Synthesis
  • Optimizing Clinical Practice-Based Patient-Centered Outcomes Research: Getting and Understanding Data
  • Obtaining Data
  • Describing and Analyzing Data
  • Translational Effectiveness Analysis
  • Optimizing Clinical Outcomes by Individualizing Observations
  • Evaluation in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
  • Translational Effectiveness in Practice-Based Patient-Centered Outcomes Research.