Journal article
Making Decisions About Prognosis in Evidence-Based Practice
Abstract
Prognostic studies are designed to investigate factors that impact the outcome of a disease or its treatment. These factors include, but are not limited to, inherent patient characteristics, the state of the disease, and severity of symptoms. The results of prognostic studies can be used to guide the treatment of patients with similar conditions and overall characteristics. It is the purpose of this paper to provide an outline of how to perform …
Authors
Degen RM; Hoppe DJ; Petrisor BA; Bhandari M
Journal
Hand Clinics, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 59–66
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
2 2009
DOI
10.1016/j.hcl.2008.09.005
ISSN
0749-0712