RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Using routine databases to evaluate Electronic Palliative Care Co-ordination Systems (EPaCCS)
JF BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
JO BMJ EBM
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 55
OP 59
DO 10.1136/bmjebm-2019-111332
VO 27
IS 1
A1 Christina Sian Chu
YR 2022
UL http://ebm.bmj.com/content/27/1/55.abstract
AB In response to the government’s drive to expand Electronic Palliative Care Co-ordination Systems (EPaCCS) across England by 2020, further evidence for this intervention needs to be established quickly. With palliative and end-of-life care research being an underfunded area, the availability and lower costs of routine databases make it an attractive resource to integrate into studies evaluating EPaCCS without jeopardising research quality. This article describes how routine databases can be used to address the current paucity of high-quality evidence; they can be used in a range of study designs, including randomised controlled trials and quasi-experimental designs, and may also be able to contribute quality of life or patient-reported outcome measures.There are no data in this work