Blar i Artikler fra Kunnskapssenteret på emneord "VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin, sosialmedisin: 801"
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Assessing equity in clinical practice guidelines.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007-06)Recognition of the need for systematically developed clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) has increased dramatically over the past 20 years. CPGs have focused primarily on the effectiveness of interventions, explicitly or ... -
Dødspleien hos gamle - hva krever den?
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Early retirement and social security systems. - The situation of elderly workers in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
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Effectiveness of telemedicine: a systematic review of reviews.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-11)OBJECTIVES: To conduct a review of reviews on the impacts and costs of telemedicine services. METHODS: A review of systematic reviews of telemedicine interventions was conducted. Interventions included all e-health ... -
Examining the global health arena: strengths and weaknesses of a convention approach to global health challenges.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-09)The article comprises a conceptual framework to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of a global health convention. The analyses are inspired by Lawrence Gostin's suggested Framework Convention on Global Health. The ... -
Factors influencing the utilization of research findings by health policy-makers in a developing country: the selection of Mali's essential medicines.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007-03-05)BACKGROUND: Research findings are increasingly being recognized as an important input in the formation of health policy. There is concern that research findings are not being utilized by health policy-makers to the extent ... -
Global-health research architecture--time for mergers?
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GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations.
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Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2004-06-19)Users of clinical practice guidelines and other recommendations need to know how much confidence they can place in the recommendations. Systematic and explicit methods of making judgments can reduce errors and improve ... -
NorthStar, a support tool for the design and evaluation of quality improvement interventions in healthcare.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)BACKGROUND: The Research-Based Education and Quality Improvement (ReBEQI) European partnership aims to establish a framework and provide practical tools for the selection, implementation, and evaluation of quality improvement ... -
Patient satisfaction questionnaires for primary care out-of-hours services: a systematic review.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007-09-01)BACKGROUND: Patient satisfaction questionnaires are increasingly used for assessing quality of care. AIM: To review the evidence for the reliability and validity of patient satisfaction questionnaires for out-of-hours care. ... -
Supporting the delivery of cost-effective interventions in primary health-care systems in low-income and middle-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008-09-13)Strengthening health systems is a key challenge to improving the delivery of cost-effective interventions in primary health care and achieving the vision of the Alma-Ata Declaration. Effective governance, financial and ... -
Systems for grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations I: critical appraisal of existing approaches The GRADE Working Group.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2004-12-22)BACKGROUND: A number of approaches have been used to grade levels of evidence and the strength of recommendations. The use of many different approaches detracts from one of the main reasons for having explicit approaches: ... -
Translating research into policy and practice in developing countries: a case study of magnesium sulphate for pre-eclampsia.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005)BACKGROUND: The evidence base for improving reproductive health continues to grow. However, concerns remain that the translation of this evidence into appropriate policies is partial and slow. Little is known about the ... -
Translating research into policy: lessons learned from eclampsia treatment and malaria control in three southern African countries.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009-12-30)BACKGROUND: Little is known about the process of knowledge translation in low- and middle-income countries. We studied policymaking processes in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe to understand the factors affecting the ... -
Transparent development of the WHO rapid advice guidelines.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007-05)Emerging health problems require rapid advice. We describe the development and pilot testing of a systematic, transparent approach used by the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop rapid advice guidelines in response ... -
Use of evidence in WHO recommendations.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007-06-02)BACKGROUND: WHO regulations, dating back to 1951, emphasise the role of expert opinion in the development of recommendations. However, the organisation's guidelines, approved in 2003, emphasise the use of systematic reviews ... -
What do we know about how to do audit and feedback? Pitfalls in applying evidence from a systematic review.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005-07-13)BACKGROUND: Improving the quality of health care requires a range of evidence-based activities. Audit and feedback is commonly used as a quality improvement tool in the UK National Health Service [NHS]. We set out to assess ...