Integrating multiple sources of evidence: a Bayesian perspective
Watson, Samuel; id_orcid 0000-0002-8972-769X, Richard James Lilford · University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) · 2018
Policies and interventions in the health-care system may have a wide range of effects on multiple patient outcomes and operate through many clinical processes. This presents a challenge for their evaluation, especially when the effect on any one patient is small. In this essay, we explore the nature of the health-care system and discuss how the empirical evidence produced within it relates to the underlying processes governing patient outcomes. We argue for an evidence synthesis framework that first models the underlying phenomena …