Decommissioning care: The need for rigorous multifaceted evaluations of decisions to withdraw health services

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In this Perspective on the two clinical trials of Terry Haines and colleagues that incrementally removed and reinstated allied healthcare services, Aziz Sheikh discusses the evidence base for the routine provision of such services.

Vyšlo v časopise: Decommissioning care: The need for rigorous multifaceted evaluations of decisions to withdraw health services. PLoS Med 14(10): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002413
Kategorie: Perspective
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