Published in BMJ on September 06, 2011
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Evaluating policy and service interventions: framework to guide selection and interpretation of study end points. BMJ (2010) 1.72
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A systematic review of tests of empathy in medicine. BMC Med Educ (2007) 1.56
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Idiopathic impaired spermatogenesis: genetic epidemiology is unlikely to provide a short-cut to better understanding. Hum Reprod Update (2004) 0.90
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Bayesian cohort and cross-sectional analyses of the PINCER trial: a pharmacist-led intervention to reduce medication errors in primary care. PLoS One (2012) 0.86
A systematic review of systematic reviews and panoramic meta-analysis: staples versus sutures for surgical procedures. PLoS One (2013) 0.86
Pricing of medical devices under coverage uncertainty--a modelling approach. Health Econ (2011) 0.85
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Modeling payback from research into the efficacy of left-ventricular assist devices as destination therapy. Int J Technol Assess Health Care (2007) 0.85
The impact of describing clinical trial treatments as new or standard. Patient Educ Couns (2004) 0.83
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The methodological quality of cluster randomised controlled trials for managing tropical parasitic disease: a review of trials published from 1998 to 2007. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2009) 0.83
Pooling systematic reviews of systematic reviews: a Bayesian panoramic meta-analysis. Stat Med (2011) 0.81
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Effectiveness of percutaneous vesico-amniotic shunting in congenital lower urinary tract obstruction: divergence in prior beliefs among specialist groups. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol (2010) 0.80
The effects of laryngeal mask airway passage simulation training on the acquisition of undergraduate clinical skills: a randomised controlled trial. BMC Med Educ (2011) 0.79
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Survey of Australasian clinicians' prior beliefs concerning lipiodol flushing as a treatment for infertility: a Bayesian study. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol (2006) 0.77
Estimating changes in overall survival using progression-free survival in metastatic breast and colorectal cancer. Int J Technol Assess Health Care (2011) 0.77
Clinical effectiveness in cardiovascular trials in relation to the importance to the patient of the end-points measured. J Eval Clin Pract (2010) 0.77
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Two incorrect assertions about study of hospital standardised mortality ratios in the West Midlands. BMJ (2013) 0.75
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Implementation science at the crossroads. BMJ Qual Saf (2017) 0.75
A randomised trial of photographic reinforcement during postoperative counselling after diagnostic laparoscopy for pelvic pain. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol (2004) 0.75
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