Reviewing methodologically disparate data: a practical guide for the patient safety research field.

Journal article

This article addresses key questions frequently asked by researchers conducting systematic reviews in patient safety. This discipline is relatively young, and asks complex questions about complex aspects of health care delivery and experience, therefore its studies are typically methodologically heterogeneous, non-randomized and complex; but content rich and highly relevant to practice. Systematic reviews are increasingly necessary to drive forward practice and research in this area, but the ...

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Authors: Brown, K; Long, S; Athanasiou, T; Vincent, C; Kroll, J

• Journal: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 172-181
• Publication date: 2012-02-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01519.x
• EISSN: 1365-2753
• ISSN: 1356-1294
• Language: English
• Keywords: Medical Errors; Safety Management; Review Literature as Topic; Research Design; Health Services Research; Humans