.Nicholas Mays has been Professor of Health Policy in the Health Services Research Unit at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine since May 2003. Before joining the School he worked in the Social Policy Branch of the NZ Treasury, at the Kingn++s Fund where he was director of health services research, at the Queenn++s University of Belfast, at the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guyn++s and St Thomasn++ Hospitals and in the NHS..
.Jennie Popay is Professor of Sociology and Public Health, Institute for Health Research, University of Lancaster. Her research interests include social and gender inequalities in health, the sociology of knowledge (with particular emphasis on lay knowledge about health and illness) and the evaluation of complex social interventions and she has published widely on these subjects. She is currently a commissioner and vice chair of Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health. .
About the authors | p. vi |
Preface | p. vii |
Acknowledgements | p. x |
The evidence review process | p. 1 |
Different types of evidence review | p. 3 |
Stages in reviewing evidence systematically | p. 19 |
Methods for evidence synthesis | p. 45 |
Quantitative approaches to evidence synthesis | p. 47 |
Interpretive approaches to evidence synthesis | p. 72 |
Mixed approaches to evidence synthesis | p. 95 |
The product of evidence synthesis | p. 115 |
Organising and presenting evidence synthesis | p. 117 |
Using evidence reviews for policy- and decision-making | p. 153 |
Approaches and assessment: choosing different methods and considering quality | p. 171 |
Useful reading | p. 187 |
References | p. 191 |
Index | p. 205 |
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