title: [Possibilities and limits of evaluation research: development of evaluation methods with an example].
abstract: Given limited resources in health care, effectiveness and efficiency of medical procedures have to be evaluated logically. Rational decision making for resource allocation in health care services is based on medical, ethical and economic aspects. Systematic observation and query of medical procedures regarding their results delivers important data to this discussion. This study on kidney and liver transplantation serves as a model, transferable to other domains of health care services, and describes the most essential questions of evaluation research: When is the medical procedure necessary, reasonable and justified? How can the quality of treatment be described and guaranteed? What represents utility in quantitative and qualitative terms?
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Abdominal- und Transplantationschirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niechzial
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nagel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pichlmayr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000191:economics; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000191:economics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics*
vernacular_title: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Evaluationsforschung: Entwicklung von Evaluationsverfahren an einem Beispiel.