TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rawlins,Michael D.
AU  - Kumar, Parveen J. 
ED  - Royal Society of Medicine (Great Britain)
TI  - Therapeutics, evidence and decision-making
SN  - 9781853159473
U1  - 610 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - London
PB  - Hodder Arnold
KW  - Evidence-based medicine
KW  - Clinical medicine
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Therapeutics
KW  - Evidence-Based Medicine
KW  - Decision Making
KW  - Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
N1  - Contents;

Section 1: Introduction 
1.1 The nature of evidence 
1.2 Probability 
1.3 Clinical endpoints of benefits and harms 
1.4 Statistical expressions of benefit and harm 
1.5 Bias and confounding 
etc.

Section 2: Randomized controlled trials 
2.1 General principles 
2.2 Stopping rules 
2.3 Analysis of subgroups 
2.4 Safety 
2.5 Generalizability 

Section 3: Observational studies 
3.1 General overview 
3.2 Historical controlled trials 
3.3 Concurrent cohort studies 
3.4 Case - control designs 
3.5 Databases 
etc.

Section 4: Qualitative research 
4.1 Approaches and methods 
4.2 Uses in the evaluation of therapeutic interventions 

Section 5: Economic evaluation 
5.1 General principles 
5.2 Cost effectiveness, cost - utility and cost - minimization analyses 
5.3 Cost - consequences analysis 

Section 6: Decision-making 
6.1 For individuals 
6.2 For populations 

; Includes bibliographical references and index
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1214/2011499897-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1214/2011499897-d.html
ER  -