Evaluating research in health and social care /
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| Language: | English |
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Milton Keynes : London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
The Open University ; In association with SAGE,
2000.
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| Series: | Open University set book.
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Experimental approaches
- Experimental methods and simple interventions : bandages for leg ulcers
- Experimental methods and complex interventions : case management in mental health care
- From effectiveness to cost-effectiveness : a trial of a hospital at home scheme
- Comparing like with like : a systematic review and meta-analysis of home visiting schemes and childhood injury
- The basics of experimental design
- Research instruments in experimental research
- Reading the results of experimental research
- Pt. 2. Survey research
- Surveys, samples and questions : consumer satisfaction with the NHS
- An equity audit in coronary care
- Surveys and case control studies
- Controlling for age and socio-economic circumstances
- Pt. 3. Qualitative research
- Loosely structured interviews : the stories behind the statistics
- Naturalistic observations : midwives ethnic stereotyping of their patients
- Understanding language in context : professional uncertainty
- Action research : applied quantitative methods in the family center
- Collecting and analysing qualitative data
- Pt. 4. Research appraisal questions
- Questions to ask about data collection instruments
- Questions to ask about experiments
- Questions to ask about systematic reviews and meta-analyses
- Questions to ask about cost-effectiveness studies
- Questions to ask about surveys, case finding (or 'clinical epidemiological') studies and case control studies
- Questions to ask about qualitative research
- Questions to ask about action research