TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of a novel disinvestment research design to the use of weekend allied health services on acute medical and surgical wards - randomised trial and economic evaluation protocol
AU - Haines, Terrence Peter
AU - Skinner, Elizabeth
AU - Mitchell, Deborah
AU - O'Brien, Elizabeth Jane
AU - Bowles, Kelly-Ann
AU - Markham, Donna
AU - Plumb, Samantha
AU - Chui, Timothy
AU - May, Kerry
AU - Haas, Romi
AU - Lescai, David
AU - Philip, Kathleen
AU - McDermott, Fiona Margaret
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Some currently provided health services have an absence of evidence for effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and/or safety. These are candidates for disinvestment. It is possible that such services would prove valuable if trials were to be conducted however, making disinvestment a clear risk. Provision of these services in the context of usual care is a considerable barrier to conducting a conventional trial of these interventions. Our team has recently developed a novel research approach to conduct a trial in this context. In this paper, we describe the first application of this design.
AB - Some currently provided health services have an absence of evidence for effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and/or safety. These are candidates for disinvestment. It is possible that such services would prove valuable if trials were to be conducted however, making disinvestment a clear risk. Provision of these services in the context of usual care is a considerable barrier to conducting a conventional trial of these interventions. Our team has recently developed a novel research approach to conduct a trial in this context. In this paper, we describe the first application of this design.
U2 - 10.1186/1472-6963-14-S2-P53
DO - 10.1186/1472-6963-14-S2-P53
M3 - Letter
VL - 14
SP - 53
JO - BMC Health Services Research
JF - BMC Health Services Research
SN - 1472-6963
IS - Suppl 2
ER -