Clinical Research Methods for Surgeons Book

Part I. Building a Foundation for Clinical Research

Planning the Research

Eugene H. Blackstone

Ethical Issues in Clinical Research

David F. Penson

Budget Development and Staffing

Judith Fine and Peter C. Albertsen

Part II. Clinical Research Design and Statistical Techniques

Nonrandomized Interventional Study Designs (Quasi-Experimental Designs)

David A. Axelrod and Rodney Hayward

Randomized Clinical Trials of Surgical Procedures

Michael P. Porter

Use of Observational Databases (Registries) in Research

Deborah P. Lubeck

Risk Adjustment

William G. Henderson and Shukri F. Khuri

Basic Statistical Methods

David Etzioni, Nadia Howlader, and Ruth Etzioni

Survival Analyses

Rodney L. Dunn and John T. Wei

Assessing the Performance and Validity of Diagnostic Tests and Screening Programs

David C. Miller, Rodney L. Dunn, and John T. Wei

Secondary Data Analyses

Andrew L. Rosenberg, MaryLou V. H. Greenfield, and Justin B. Dimick

Part III. Outcome Measurement

Traditional Outcome Measures

Aruna V. Sarma and Julie C. McLaughlin

Health-Related Quality of Life

Mark S. Litwin

Measuring Patient Satisfaction

Arvin Koruthu George and Martin G. Sanda

Part IV. Special Topics in Surgical Clinical Research

Quality of Care

Jessica B. O'Connell and Clifford Y. Ko

Cost-Effectiveness Analyses

Lynn Stothers

Qualitative Research Techniques

Donna L. Berry, Sally L. Maliski, and William J. Ellis

Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

Timothy J. Wilt and Howard A. Fink

Index