TY - BOOK AU - Gray,J.A.Muir TI - Evidence-based healthcare: how to make health policy and management decisions SN - 9780443057212 PY - 1997/// CY - Edinburgh, New York PB - Churchill Livingston KW - Health services administration KW - Evidence-based medicine KW - Evidence-Based Medicine KW - Decision Support Techniques KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - Quality of Health Care N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The main aim in writing this book is to help those people who have to make decisions about groups of patients and/or populations base such decisions on a careful appraisal of the best evidence available. Within the book, a framework has been presented to increase evidence-based decision making within health services. As such, the contents cover three main topics: 1) finding and appraising evidence, 2) developing the capacity of individuals and organisations to use evidence, 3) implementation - getting research into practice ER -