Meaning and measurement: an inclusive model of evidence in health care Journal Articles

abstract

• AbstractEvidence‐based approaches are assuming prominence in many health‐care fields. The core ideas of evidence‐based health care derive from clinical epidemiology and general internal medicine. The concept of evidence has yet to be analysed systematically; what counts as evidence may vary across disciplines. Furthermore, the contribution of the social sciences, particularly qualitative methodology, has received scant attention. This paper outlines a model of evidence that describes four distinct but related types of evidence: qualitative‐personal; qualitative‐general; quantitative‐general and quantitative‐personal. The rationale for these distinctions and the implications of these for a theory of evidence are discussed.

authors

• Upshur, Ross
• VanDenKerkhof, Elizabeth G
• Goel, Vivek

status

• published 

publication date

• May 2001

has subject area

• 1117 Public Health and Health Services (FoR)
• Evidence-Based Medicine (MeSH)
• Health Policy & Services (Science Metrix)
• Knowledge (MeSH)
• Quality of Health Care (MeSH)
• Research (MeSH)

published in

• Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice  Journal

keywords

• Evidence-Based Medicine
• Knowledge
• Quality of Health Care
• Research

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1046/j.1365-2753.2001.00279.x

PubMed ID

• 11489034

start page

• 91

end page

• 96

volume

• 7

issue

• 2