A concise guide to observational studies in healthcare - Hackshaw, Allan K. (Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc. : BMJ Publishing Group, 2015)
Fundamental concepts -- Outcome measures, risk factors, and causality -- Effect sizes and regression methods -- Studies based on patient medical records -- Cross-sectional studies -- Case-control studies -- Cohort studies -- Quality of care studies -- Prognostic markers for predicting outcomes -- Systematic reviews and meta-analyses -- Conducting and reporting observational studies.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Keywords: Medicine -- Research; Observational Study as Topic -- methods; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care); Epidemiologic Research Design; Bioinformatics; Clinical medicine -- Research; Medicine -- Research; MEDICAL -- Research; Medicine -- Research; Handbooks; Electronic books