title: The work of the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit. One example of technology assessment in perinatal care.
abstract: This article describes one approach to assessing the effects of perinatal care--that adopted by the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit in Oxford, England. The unit's research has been based primarily on a combination of simple, descriptive analyses of observational data and statistically robust analyses of evidence derived from randomized controlled trials.
authors.affiliation: National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Oxford.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chalmers
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004739:England; D004813:Epidemiology; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010500:Perinatology / Q000592:standards*; D012106:Research; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical