How to read a paper: BMJ – Qualitative Research

Education and debate
Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research)
Trisha Greenhalgh, Rod Taylor Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses)
Trisha Greenhalgh
Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses)
Trisha Greenhalgh
Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests
Trisha Greenhalgh
Papers that report drug trials
Trisha Greenhalgh
Statistics for the non-statistician. II: “Significant” relations and their pitfalls
Trisha Greenhalgh
Statistics [...]

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Impact of functional status at six months on long term survival in patients with ischaemic stroke: prospective cohort studies

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Karsten Bruins Slot, clinical research fellow1, Eivind Berge, senior consultant1, Paul Dorman, consultant neurologist2, Steff Lewis, medical statistician3, Martin Dennis, professor3, Peter Sandercock, professor3, on behalf of the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project, the International Stroke Trial (UK), and the Lothian Stroke Register
1 Department of Internal Medicine, [...]

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Eficacia de los suplementos de calcio y vitamina D en la prevención de fracturas

Tang BMP, Eslick GD, Nowson C, Smith C, Bensoussan A. Use of calcium or calcium in combination with vitamin D supplementation to prevent fractures and bone loss in people aged 50 years and older: a meta-analysis. Lancet 2007; 370: 657-666.  R   TC (s)   PDF (s)

Introducción
A pesar de [...]

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Does Preventive Care Save Money? Health Economics and the Presidential Candidates

With health care once again a leading issue in a presidential race, candidates have offered plans for controlling spiraling costs while enhancing the quality of care. A popular component of such plans involves greater promotion of preventive health measures. The first element in Hillary Clinton’s plan is to “focus on prevention: wellness not sickness.” John [...]

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