Evidence-based healthcare
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Evidence-based healthcare
Churchill Livingstone, 1997
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Evidence-based healthcare : how to make health policy and management decisions
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Description
As the pressure on health services grows remorselessly, decisions about the use of scarce resources are becoming even more difficult to make. This book gives healthcare managers the facts, figures, skills and knowledge they need to make health care decisions based on research evidence. Features: * Explains how the evidence can be applied to health policy and management decisions for populations, rather than for individual patients * Places the emphasis on science rather than opinion or guesswork * Teaches the skills needed to make the correct decisions about resources * Is written specifically for healthcare managers
Table of Contents
How to Use This Book. The Globalisation of Healthcare Problems. Confessions of an Amanuensis. Electronic Updates. Evidence-Based Healthcare. Doing the Right Things Right". Making Decisions About Health Services. Searching for Evidence. Appraising the Quality of Research. Assessing the Outcomes Found. Organisational Development for Evidence-Based Healthcare. Developing the Evidence Management Skills of Individuals. Evidence-Based Patient Choice and Clinical Practice APPENDICES: Sources of Evidence. Searching. Appraising. Storing. Implementing "
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