Routine hospital data - is it good enough for trials? An example using England's Hospital Episode Statistics in the SHIFT trial of Family Therapy vs. Treatment as Usual in adolescents following self-harm - Wright-Hughes A, Graham E, Cottrell D, Farrin A.

BACKGROUND: Use of routine data sources within clinical research is increasing and is endorsed by the National Institute for Health Research to increase trial efficiencies; however there is limited evidence for its use in clinical trials, especially in rel...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news