Evidence-Based Health Care and Public Health: How to Make Decisions About Health Services and Public Health

A guide to evidence-based decision making for healthcare, medical and nurse managers.

• New edition of a highly praised and successful book in one of the hottest areas of medicine.
• Covers the vital areas for healthcare managers - finding and appraising evidence and developing the capacity of individuals and organisations to use evidence.
• Pressure on healthcare services is growing - this book will be indispensable for managers making difficult decisions about the allocation of scarce resources.
• Exceptionally well written - highly praised by the Journal of the American Medical Association and the British Medical Journal.

• More on managerial decision making and managerial options in the face of financial pressure on resources.
• More focus on how to get better outcomes - how to improve quality rather than just how to measure quality.
• Updating throughout.