Healthcare Informatics and Information Synthesis: Developing and Applying Clinical Knowledge to Improve Outcomes

Williamson, John W.; Turner, Charles W.; Weir, Charlene R.; Lincoln, Michael J.; Cofrin, Keely M. W.

ISBN 10: 0761908242 / ISBN 13: 9780761908241

Editore: Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A., 2001

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VERY GOOD hardcover, no marks in text, very clean exterior. Codice articolo 049587

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Titolo: Healthcare Informatics and Information ...

Casa editrice: Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.

Data di pubblicazione: 2001

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Very Good

Tipologia articolo: Book

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Riassunto:

"Comprehensive, thoughtful, and well-organized . . . an excellent guide to searching, evaluating, organizing, and reporting the results of information syntheses."
--CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

As healthcare policy and practice turn toward the use of evidence-based medicine, there is a heightened need for resources that cover the process of research synthesis for the purpose of healthcare outcome improvement. Healthcare Informatics and Information Synthesis integrates the conceptual and procedural dimensions of research synthesis in each of the five stages of the process to produce step-by-step instructions for clinically applicable research syntheses. Explicit instructions are given for tasks ranging from computing a kappa to aggregating effect sizes. The authors provide seven detailed meta-analytic examples that cover a variety of data types, ranging from mean differences to odds ratios, allowing the reader to replicate the results exactly.

Recensione:

“Comprehensive, thoughtful, and well-organized . . . an excellent guide to searching, evaluating, organizing, and reporting the results of information syntheses.” (CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH)