Clinical Research Methods for Surgeons

I.Building a Foundation for Clinical Research

1. Planning the Research
Eugene H. Blackstone

2. Ethical Issues in Clinical Research
David F. Penson

3. Budget Development and Staffing
Judith Fine, Peter C. Albertsen

II.Clinical Research Design and Statistical Techniques

4. Nonrandomized Interventional Study Designs (Quasi-Experimental Designs)
David A. Axelrod, Rodney Hayward

5. Randomized Clinical Trials of Surgical Procedures
Michael P. Porter

6. Use of Observational Databases (Registries) in Research
Deborah P. Lubeck

7. Risk Adjustment
William G. Henderson, Shukri F. Khuri

8. Basic Statistical Methods
David Etzioni, Nadia Howlader, Ruth Etzioni

9. Survival Analyses
Rodney L. Dunn, John T. Wei

10. Assessing the Performance and Validity of Diagnostic Tests and Screening Programs
David C. Miller, Rodney L. Dunn, John T. Wei

11. Secondary Data Analyses
Andrew L. Rosenberg, MaryLou V. H. Greenfield, Justin B. Dimick

III.Outcome Measurement

12. Traditional Outcome Measures
Aruna V. Sarma, Julie C. McLaughlin

13. Health-Related Quality of Life
Mark S. Litwin

14. Measuring Patient Satisfaction
Arvin Koruthu George, Martin G. Sanda

IV.Special Topics In Surgical Clinical Research

15. Quality of Care
Jessica B. O’Connell, Clifford Y. Ko

16. Cost-Effectiveness Analyses
Lynn Stothers

17. Qualitative Research Techniques
Donna L. Berry, Sally L. Maliski, William J. Ellis

18. Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Timothy J. Wilt, Howard A. Fink

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Keywords: MEDICAL / Public Health MED078000