Using Scientific Information to Improve Quality of Health Care

Robert H. Brook

ResearchPosted on rand.org 1993Published in: Doing More Good Than Harm: The Evaluation of Health Care Interventions, Warren K. S., Mosteller F., eds. (New York, NY: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1993), v. 703, p. 74-85

Discusses types of clinical evidence; quality of evidence and judgments of quality; types and designs of clinical trials; synoptic information (reviews, overviews, meta-analyses); journals and the press in disseminating information; evidence in medical education and practice; and financing evidence-producing research.

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  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 1993
  • Pages: 12
  • Document Number: EP-199300-07

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