TY - BOOK AU - Hackshaw,Allan K. TI - A concise guide to observational studies in healthcare SN - 9781118527030 AV - R852 U1 - 610.72 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Chichester, West Sussex, UK, Hoboken, NJ PB - John Wiley & Sons Inc., BMJ Publishing Group KW - Medicine KW - Research KW - Observational Study as Topic KW - methods KW - Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) KW - Epidemiologic Research Design KW - Bioinformatics KW - Clinical medicine KW - MEDICAL KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Handbooks KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Fundamental concepts -- Outcome measures, risk factors, and causality -- Effect sizes and regression methods -- Studies based on patient medical records -- Cross-sectional studies -- Case-control studies -- Cohort studies -- Quality of care studies -- Prognostic markers for predicting outcomes -- Systematic reviews and meta-analyses -- Conducting and reporting observational studies UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118527122 ER -