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Medicine -- Research -- Methodology.
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Surgery.
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General Surgery -- methods.
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Biomedical Research -- methods.
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Research Design.
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| Alt Name |
Penson, David F.
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Wei, John.
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| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 336 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Planning the research / Eugene Blackstone -- Ethical issues in clinical research / David F. Penson -- Budget development and staffing / Judith Fine and Peter C. Albertsen -- Non randomized interventional study designs (quasi-experimental designs) / David Axelrod, Rodney Hayward -- Randomized clinical trials of surgical procedures / Michael P. Porter -- Use of observational databases (registries) in research / Deborah P. Lubeck -- Risk adjustment / William G. Henderson and Shukri F. Khuri -- Basic statistical methods / David Etzioni, Nadia Howlader, and Ruth Etzioni -- Survival analyses / Rodney L. Dunn and John T. Wei -- Assessing the performance and validity of diagnostic tests and screening programs / David C. Miller, Rodney L. Dunn, and John T. Wei -- Secondary data analyses / Andrew Rosenberg, MaryLou VH Greenfield, and Justin B. Dimick -- Traditional outcome measures / Aruna V. Sarma, and Julie C. McLaughlin -- Health-related quality of life / Mark Litwin -- Measuring patient satisfaction / Arvin Koruthu George and Martin G. Sanda -- Quality of care / Jessica B. O'Connell and Clifford Y. Ko -- Cost-effectiveness analyses / Lynn Stothers -- Qualitative research / Donna L. Berry, Sally L. Maliski, and William J. Ellis -- Systematic reviews and meta-analyses / Timothy J. Wilt and Howard A. Fink. |
| Summary |
Provides a guide for interpreting published clinical research. This book is useful for the surgeon who wishes to conduct clinical research either to answer scientific, hypothesis-driven questions or simply to evaluate one's quality of care. |
| ISBN |
1588293262 (alk. paper) |
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9781588293268 (alk. paper) |
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9781597452304 (electronic bk.) |
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1597452300 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN/ISSN |
9786610832712 |
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2190457 |
| OCLC # |
173623683 |
| Additional Format |
Print version: Clinical research methods for surgeons. Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, 2006 1588293262 9781588293268 (DLC) 2006002639 (OCoLC)62178374 |
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