The Advanced Handbook of Methods in Evidence Based Healthcare Book

Introduction Methods in Evidence Based Healthcare and Health Technology Assessment - An Overview PART ONE: CLINICAL TRIALS Introduction - Richard J Lilford and Andrew Stevens Ethical Issues in the Design and Conduct of Randomized Controlled Trials - Richard J Lilford, Sarah Edwards, David Braunholtz, Jennifer Jackson, Jim Thornton and Jenny Hewison Ethics of Clinical Trials - Richard E Ashcroft Social, Cultural and Economic Factors Factors That Limit the Number, Progress and Quality of Randomized Controlled Trials - Sue Ross, Carl Counsell, William J Gillespie, Adrian Grant, Robin Prescrott, Ian Russell, Iain Colthart, Sandra Kiauka, Daphne Russell and Sue Shepard A Systematic Review Results of Clinical Trials and Systematic Reviews - Dianne O'Connell, Paul P Glasziou, Suzanne Hill, Jasminka Sarunac, Julia Lowe and David Henry To Whom Do They Apply?
The Placebo Effect - Rosemary Crow, Heather Gage, Sarah E Hampson, Jo Hart, Alan C Kimber and Hilary Thomas Methodological Process and Implications of a Structured Review PART TWO: OBSERVATIONAL AND QUALITATIVE METHODS Introduction - Ray Fitzpatrick Randomized and Non-Randomized Studies - Colin Sanderson, Martin Mc Kee, Annie Britton, Nicholas Black, Klim Mc Pherson and Chris Bain Threats to Internal and External Validity A Review of Observational, Quasi-Experimental and Randomized Study Designs for the Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Healthcare Interventions - Barnaby Reeves, Rachel Mac Lehose, Ian Harvey, Trevor Sheldon, Ian Russell and Andrew Mc Laren Spiers Black The Potential Use of Routine Data Sets in Health Technology Assessment - James Raftery, Andrew Stevens and Paul Roderick Using Routine Data to Complement and Enhance the Results of Randomized Controlled Trials - James Lewsey, Gordon Murray, Alastair H Leyland and Andrew Boddy Qualitative Methods in Health Technology Assessment - Elizabeth Murphy and Robert Dingwall PART THREE: MEASUREMENT OF BENEFIT AND COST Introduction - John Brazier Criteria for Assessing Patient-Based Outcome Measures for Use in Clinical Trials - Ray Fitzpatrick, Claire Davey, Martin Buxton and David Jones The Use of Health Status Measures in Economic Evaluation - John Brazier, Mark Deverill and Colin Green Collecting Resource Use Data for Costing in Clinical Trials - Katharine Johnstone, Martin Buxton, David Jones and Ray Fitzpatrick Eliciting Time Preferences for Health - John Cairns and Marjon van der Pol The Conduct and Design of Questionnaire Surveys in Healthcare Research - Elaine Mc Coll, Ann Jacoby, Lois Thomas, Jennifer Soutter, Claire Bamford, Nick Steen, Roger Thomas, Emma Harvey, Andrew Garratt and John Bond PART FOUR: ANALYTICAL METHODS Introduction - Keith R Abrams Bayesian Methods - David Spiegelhalter, Jonathan Myles, David Jones and Keith Abrams Methods for Evaluating Organization or Area-Based Health Interventions - Martin Gulliford, Obioha C Ukoummunne, Susan Chinn, Jonathan Sterne, Peter Burney and Allan Donner Handling Uncertainty in Economic Evaluation - Andrew Briggs and Alastair Gray A Review of the Use of the Main Quality of Life Measures, and Sample Size Determination for Quality of Life Measures, Particularly in Cancer Trials - Michael Campbell, Steven A Julious, Sarah Walker, Steve George and David Machin Simultaneous Assessment of Quality of Life and Survival Data - Lucinda Billingham, Keith Abrams and David Jones PART FIVE: CONSENSUS, REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSIS Introduction - Andrew Stevens and Keith R Abrams Publication and Related Biases - Fuijan Song, Alison Eastwood, Simon Gilbody, Lelia Buley and Alex Sutton Meta-Analysis in Health Technology Assessment - Alexander Sutton, David Jones, Keith Abrams, Trevor Sheldon and Fujian Song Assessing the Quality of Reports of Randomized Trials Included in Meta-Analyses - David Moher, Terry Klassen, Alison Jones Ba'Pham, Deborah Cook, Alejandro Jada, Peter Tugwell and Michael Moher Attitudes, Practice, Evidence and Guides Consensus Development Methods, and Their Use in Creating Clinical Guidelines - Nick Black, Maggie Murphy, Donna Lamping, Martin Mc Kee, Colin Sanderson, Janet Askham and Theresa Marteau PART SIX: IDENTIFYING AND FILLING GAPS IN THE EVIDENCE Introduction - Andrew Stevens Identifying New Health Care Technologies - Glenn Robert, Andrew Stevens and John Gabbay Timing of Assessment of Fast-Changing Health Technologies - Graham Mowatt, Adrian Grant, D Jane Bower, John A Brebner, John Cairns and Lorna Mc Kee Preliminary Economic Evaluation of Health Technologies - Gareth Harper, Joy Townsend and Martin Buxton