title: Cost effectiveness: designing research for product evaluation.
abstract: The focus of this paper is planning of research to evaluate products or interventions used by nurses in the acute care setting. Research designs that can be used are presented with a discussion of problems encountered when implementing the designs in a hospital setting. Techniques to standardize care delivered to treatment and control groups are presented. Outcome measures, analytic techniques, and funding sources for this type of research are discussed.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Gift
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D012107:Research Design