Methods for evaluating health services /
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| Imprint: | Beverly Hills, Calif. : Sage Publications : Evaluation Research Society, c1981. |
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| Description: | 143 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Sage research progress series in evaluation v. 8 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/465982 |
| Summary: | Deals with the problems of evaluating new medical developments for scientific soundness, safety, and effectiveness. The contributors establish a conceptual framework for such evaluation and discuss the practical difficulties of implementing it. Are random, controlled experiments really preferable to less expensive trials using historical controls? How can patients be brought into the evaluation process? |
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| Physical Description: | 143 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographies. |
| ISBN: | 0803915314 0803915322 |
