Reviewing the earlier literature on methodological issues in comparative research, the paper argues that 'in terms of methodology in abstracto and on issues of research technology, most of all that ...

The author(s) indicated no potential conflicts of interest. Corresponding author: Edward L. Korn, Biometric Research Branch, MSC 7434, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892; e-mail: [email ...

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This course is available on the MPhil/PhD in Social Policy and MPhil/PhD in Social Research Methods. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations ...

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It was a nuisance and David Gassman put it off for three weeks, but he finally put a little stool sample into a tube and mailed it to a Kaiser Permanente lab. It’s a good thing he did. The test ...

The U.S. government has jump-started an unprecedented effort to better understand what works and what doesn't in health care. The effort, called comparative effectiveness research, is designed to ...