Search Results - subject:"Randomised Controlled Trials"

The role of basic science in evidence-based medicine

La Caze, Adam - 2011

Proponents of Evidence-based medicine (EBM) do not provide a clear role for basic science in therapeutic decision making. Of what they do say about basic science, most of it is negative. Basic science resides on the lower tiers of EBM's hierarchy of evidence. Therapeutic decisions, according to...

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Partner selection into policy relevant field experiments

Belot, Michèle; James, Jonathan G. - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 123 (2016), pp. 31-56

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Rational centre selection for RCTs with a parallel economic evaluation : the next step towards increased generalisability?

Gheorghe, Adrian; Roberts, Tracy; Pikney, Thomas D.; … - In: Health economics 24 (2015) 4, pp. 498-504

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The new randomised controlled trials (RCT) movement in public policy: challenges of epistemic governance

Pearce, Warren; Raman, Sujatha - In: Policy Sciences 47 (2014) 4, pp. 387-402

to promote the increased usage of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in public policy. They promote RCTs as an evidence …

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Partner Selection into Policy Relevant Field Experiments

Belot, Michele; James, Jonathan - Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE) - 2013

This study investigates the issue of self-selection of stakeholders into participation and collaboration in policy-relevant experiments. We document and test the implications of self-selection in the context of randomised policy experiment we conducted in primary schools in the UK. The main...

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Are the people who take part in randomised controlled trials real? A response to Stewart‐Brown et al.

Forrester, Donald - In: Journal of Children's Services 7 (2012) 2, pp. 144-147

Purpose – This paper's aim is to explore the uses and limitations of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) for evaluating …

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Using the proper tool for the task: RCTs are the gold standard for estimating programme effects – a response to Stewart‐Brown et al.

Ritter, Gary W. - In: Journal of Children's Services 7 (2012) 2, pp. 148-152

of Children's Services , which challenges the utility of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate the …

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More thoughts on the RCT question: a rejoinder to Forrester and Ritter

Stewart‐Brown, Sarah - In: Journal of Children's Services 7 (2012) 2, pp. 153-158

Purpose – The paper's purpose is to participate in a debate about the role of randomised controlled trials in … over time. Randomised controlled trials are likely to be least valuable in evaluating universal level interventions that … controlled trials are likely to be at their best in the evaluation of interventions that do not require the active engagement and …

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Should randomised controlled trials be the “gold standard” for research on preventive interventions for children?

Stewart‐Brown, Sarah; Anthony, Rebecca; Wilson, Lynsey; … - In: Journal of Children's Services 6 (2011) 4, pp. 228-235

Purpose – Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have been offered a privileged position in terms of the evidence base for …

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Sample Size Determination for Cost-Effectiveness Trials

Willan, Andrew R. - In: PharmacoEconomics 29 (2011) 11, pp. 933-949

Methods for determining sample size requirements for cost-effectiveness studies are reviewed and illustrated. Traditional methods based on tests of hypothesis and power arguments are given for the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio and incremental net benefit (INB). In addition, a full...

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