{"product_id":"health-services-research-methods-isbn-9780727912756","title":"Health Services Research Methods","description":"An up to date account of all that is known about the key methods used in health services research. It describes the uses and limitations of the principal methods based on the findings of the NHS Health Technology Assessment Programme. Each chapter makes suggestions for best practice.  Contributors. \u003cp\u003eForeword.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.Researching health services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart one: measurement of benefits and costs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.Patient-assessed outcome measures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.The use of health-related quality of life measures in economic evaluation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.Collecting resource use data in clinical studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.Designing and using patient and staff questionnaires.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart two: Methods of evaluating health care.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.Choosing between randomised and non-randomised studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.Comparison of effect sizes derived from randomised and non-randomised studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.Factors that limit the number, quality, and progress of randomised trials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.Ehics of randomised trials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.Implications of sociocultural contexts for ethics of randomised trials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.Evaluation of health care interventions at area dn organisation level.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.Qualitative methos in health services research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart three: Statistical methods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.Statistical methods: good practice and identifying opportunities for innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.An introduction to bayesian methods in health services research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.Quality of life aassessment and survival data.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart four: Presenting, interpreting, and synthesising evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.Systematic reviews of randomised trials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.Handling uncertainty in economic evaluations of health care interventions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.Consensus development methods for creating clinical guidelines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart five: Future developments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.Horizon scanning: early identification of new health care technologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.Evaluating new and fast-changing technologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21.Research implementation methods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI What does \"systematic\" mean for reviews of methods?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIi Different types of systematic review in health services research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNick Black and Barnaby Reeves are the authors of Health Services Research Methods: A Guide to Best Practice, published by Wiley.   Optimum health care based on sound scientific evidence demands the use of the best research methods available.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHealth Services Research Methods\u003c\/i\u003e is based on the most wide ranging review ever conducted. Commissioned by the British National Health Service Health Technology Assessment Programme, leading experts have compiled systematic reviews of all the available scientific evidence in major research areas including:\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNon-randomised studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOutcome measurement\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRandomized trials\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStatistical methods\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArea level analysis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEconomic evaluation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eQualitative methods\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSynthesising evidence.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe chapters based on these reviews are a distillation of the most up to date information that everyone involved in health services research should have. Each one provides practical recommendations, and the research evidence is illustrated by case studies. Health care researchers from those in primary care to those in specialized fields will find this a highly readable and practical guide to the approaches they should be taking.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BMJ Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989352071397,"sku":"NP9780727912756","price":85.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780727912756.jpg?v=1761783778","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/health-services-research-methods-isbn-9780727912756","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}