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Intervention Research in Health Care

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In this introductory chapter, we provide a broad overview of the evaluation of complex interventions aimed to improve the quality of health care. In particular, we outline the analytical framework and designs for evaluative studies within the context of health services research. We then describe the types of questions that commonly arise in the evaluation of management alternatives for perioperative processes. We conclude with a brief discussion about the transition from posing a study question to identifying the level of analysis and the summary measure of the outcome variable.

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  1. University of British Columbia, 828 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Boris Sobolev

  2. Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, 253 Cory Hall, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Victor Sanchez

  3. Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, 828 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Lisa Kuramoto

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Sobolev, B., Sanchez, V., Kuramoto, L. (2012). Intervention Research in Health Care. In: Health Care Evaluation Using Computer Simulation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2233-4_1

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