Abstract:
:The Benchmarking Controlled Trial (BCT) is a novel concept which covers all observational studies aiming to assess effectiveness. BCTs provide evidence of the comparative effectiveness between health service providers, and of effectiveness due to particular features of the health and social care systems. BCTs complement randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as the sources of evidence on effectiveness. This paper presents a definition of the BCT; compares the position of BCTs in assessing effectiveness with that of RCTs; presents a checklist for assessing methodological validity of a BCT; and pilot-tests the checklist with BCTs published recently in the leading medical journals.
journal_name
Ann Medjournal_title
Annals of medicineauthors
Malmivaara Adoi
10.3109/07853890.2015.1027255subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-06-01 00:00:00pages
332-40issue
4eissn
0785-3890issn
1365-2060journal_volume
47pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Annals of medicine
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