NON-PARTICIPATION BIAS IN HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH USING DATA FROM AN INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING PROJECT: THE ROLE OF INFORMED CONSENT SESGO POR FALTA DE PARTICIPACIÓN EN LA INVESTIGACIÓN DE LOS SERVICIOS DE SALUD AL USAR DATOS DE UN PROYECTO INTEGRADO DE RESCRIPCIÓN ELECTRÓNICA: EL PAPEL DEL CONSENTIMIENTO INFORMADO SESGO PELA FALTA DE PARTICIPAÇÃO NA PESQUISA DOS SERVIÇOS DE SAÚDE AO USAR DADOS DE UM PROJETO INTEGRADO DE PRESCRIÇÃO ELETRÔNICA: O PAPEL DO CONSENTIMENTO INFORMADO

Electronic prescribing potentially reduces adverse outcomes and provides critical information for drug safety research but studies may be distorted by non-participation bias. 52,507 patients and 28 physicians were evaluated to determine characteristics associated with consent status in an electronic...

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Main Authors: Gillian Bartlett, Robyn M Tamblyn, Yuko Kawasumi, Lise Poissant, Laurel Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Chile 2005-01-01
Series:Acta Bioethica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1726-569X2005000200005