On what basis should the effectiveness of decision aids be judged?
Abstract Objective Attempts to synthesize the evidence on the effects of decision aids have been hampered by the lack of consensus regarding how such effectiveness should be measured. This paper seeks to describe and critically assess the range of measures of effectiveness used in randomized control...
| Publicado en: | Health Expectations Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 255 - 256 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2003
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