How to read a paper : the basics of evidence based medicine

Greenhalgh, T

How to read a paper : the basics of evidence based medicine - BMJ Publishing Group, 1997 - 196p

1 Why read papers at all 2 Searching the literature 3 Getting your bearings 4 Assessing methodological quality 5 Statistics for the non-statistician 6 Papers that report drug trials 7 Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests 8 Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses) 9 Papers that tell you what to do (guidelines) 10 Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses) 11 Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research) 12 Implementing evidence based findings Appendix A: Checklists for finding, appraising, and implementing evidence Appendix B: Evidence based quality filters for everyday use Appendix C: Maximally sensitive search strings for research use (to be used mainly for research) Appendix D: Assessing the effects of an intervention.

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Evidence based practice
Health services research
Performance evaluation
Medical statistics
Epidemiology
Research
Evidence based healthcare.
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