Evidence-Based Health Care and Public Health
How to Make Decisions About Health Services and Public Health
- 3rd Edition - September 5, 2014
- Latest edition
- Author: Muir Gray
- Language: English
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A guide to evidence-based decision making for healthcare, medical and nurse managers.
- New edition of a highly praised and successful book in one of the hottest areas of medicine.
- Covers the vital areas for healthcare managers - finding and appraising evidence and developing the capacity of individuals and organisations to use evidence.
- Pressure on healthcare services is growing - this book will be indispensable for managers making difficult decisions about the allocation of scarce resources.
- Exceptionally well written - highly praised by the Journal of the American Medical Association and the British Medical Journal.
Healthcare managers, clinical directors, doctors involved in management, nurse managers, anyone involved in healthcare purchasing.
Prologue: The globalisation of healthcare problems and their solutions. Evidence-Based healthcare. Doing the right things right. Making decisions about health services. Searching for evidence. Appraising the quality of research. Assessing the outcomes found. The evidence-based organisation. Evidence-based public health. Developing the evidence management skills of individuals. The evidence-based consultation. Epilogue: Evidence-based healthcare in the post-modern era.
- Edition: 3
- Latest edition
- Published: September 5, 2014
- Language: English
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Muir Gray
Affiliations and expertise
Director, National Knowledge Service, NHS; NHS Chief Knowledge Officer; Professor of Knowledge Management, Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford; Director, Better Value Healthcare Ltd, UK