Circular instead of hierarchical: methodological principles for the evaluation of complex interventions

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The reasoning behind evaluating medical interventions is that a hierarchy of methods exists which successively produce improved and therefore more rigorous evidence based medicine upon which to make clinical decisions. At the foundat...

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Main Authors: Fønnebø Vinjar, Falkenberg Torkel, Walach Harald, Lewith George, Jonas Wayne B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-06-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/6/29