Physician

Physical Medicine/Rehab

Dr. Andrew M. Oxman, MD

Andrew Oxman practices Physical Medicine/Rehab. Doctor Andrew M. Oxman, MD is also published. He has 97 publications published. The lastest publication: "The unpredictability paradox: review of empirical comparisons of randomised and non-randomised clinical trials.'

Publications

A reanalysis of cluster randomized trials showed interrupted time-series studies were valuable in health system evaluation.
GRADE guidelines 15: Going from evidence to recommendation-determinants of a recommendation's direction and strength.
GRADE guidelines: 15. Going from evidence to recommendations: the significance and presentation of recommendations.
GRADE guidelines 6. Rating the quality of evidence-imprecision.
GRADE guidelines: 5. Rating the quality of evidence-publication bias.
GRADE guidelines: a new series of articles in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
GRADE guidelines: 2. Framing the question and deciding on important outcomes.
GRADE guidelines: 1. Introduction-GRADE evidence profiles and summary of findings tables.
GRADE guidelines: 3. Rating the quality of evidence.
GRADE guidelines: 4. Rating the quality of evidence--study limitations (risk of bias).
User testing and stakeholder feedback contributed to the development of understandable and useful Summary of Findings tables for Cochrane reviews.
Summary-of-findings tables in Cochrane reviews improved understanding and rapid retrieval of key information.
The effect of how outcomes are framed on decisions about whether to take antihypertensive medication: a randomized trial.
The effect of alternative summary statistics for communicating risk reduction on decisions about taking statins: a randomized trial.
The effect of alternative graphical displays used to present the benefits of antibiotics for sore throat on decisions about whether to seek treatment: a randomized trial.
A pragmatic-explanatory continuum indicator summary (PRECIS): a tool to help trial designers.
Why we will remain pragmatists: four problems with the impractical mechanistic framework and a better solution.
A pragmatic resolution.
GRADE: assessing the quality of evidence for diagnostic recommendations.
How should the impact of different presentations of treatment effects on patient choice be evaluated? A pilot randomized trial.
The effects of mandatory prescribing of thiazides for newly treated, uncomplicated hypertension: interrupted time-series analysis.
Transparent development of the WHO rapid advice guidelines.
A televised, web-based randomised trial of an herbal remedy (valerian) for insomnia.
Rational prescribing in primary care (RaPP): economic evaluation of an intervention to improve professional practice.
Rational prescribing in primary care (RaPP): a cluster randomized trial of a tailored intervention.
Blind faith? The effects of promoting active sick leave for back pain patients: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.
The relation between methods and recommendations in clinical practice guidelines for hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
Computer-generated patient education materials: do they affect professional practice? A systematic review.
A randomized controlled trial of two strategies to implement active sick leave for patients with low back pain.
Active sick leave for patients with back pain: all the players onside, but still no action.
The use of evidence by health care user organizations.
Cochrane reviews will be in Medline.
Strategies for partner notification for sexually transmitted diseases.
Changing provider behavior: an overview of systematic reviews of interventions.
The limits of leadership: opinion leaders in general practice.
Implementing findings of medical research: the Cochrane Collaboration on Effective Professional Practice.
EUR-ASSESS Project Subgroup Report on Dissemination and Impact.
Screening for toxoplasmosis in pregnancy: what is the evidence of reducing a health problem?
[Knowledge, professional practice and health policy].
Science of reading.
The Medical reform Group has a purpose.
The Canadian health care system. Medical Reform Group of Ontario.
A practical guide to informed consent to treatment.
[A reply: our guidelines are useful also for Swedish throats].
[Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of sore throat].
[The standard of documentation and impact of recommendations in clinical guidelines].
[Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute urinary tract problems in women].
Educational outreach visits: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes.
Audit and feedback versus alternative strategies: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes.
Audit and feedback: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes.
Local opinion leaders: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes.
To what extent do congestive heart failure patients in sinus rhythm benefit from digoxin therapy? A systematic overview and meta-analysis.
Effectiveness of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines.
Validation of an index of the quality of review articles.
Combined effect size: comment on the metaanalysis of second-line drugs in rheumatoid arthritis.
Agreement among reviewers of review articles.
Effectiveness of steroid therapy in acute exacerbations of asthma: a meta-analysis.
Respiratory muscle training in chronic airflow limitation: a meta-analysis.
A consumer's guide to subgroup analyses.
Evidence for the effectiveness of CME. A review of 50 randomized controlled trials.
Laboratory diagnosis of iron-deficiency anemia: an overview.
[Evaluation of health information in newspapers and brochures. What can we believe?].
Should unpublished data be included in meta-analyses? Current convictions and controversies.
Coordination of guidelines development.
Users' guides to the medical literature. I. How to get started. The Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group.
Chemotherapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: how much benefit is enough?
Performance of an asthma quality of life questionnaire in an outpatient setting.
Occupational dust exposure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A systematic overview of the evidence.
An index of scientific quality for health reports in the lay press.
An assessment of the sensibility of a quality-of-life instrument.
The science of reviewing research.
Checklists for review articles.
An approach to the development of practice guidelines for community health interventions.
Partner notification for sexually transmitted diseases: proposed practice guidelines.
A survey of public health partner notification for sexually transmitted diseases in Canada.
Partner notification for sexually transmitted diseases: an overview of the evidence.
Users' guides to the medical literature. VI. How to use an overview. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group.
Changing physician performance. A systematic review of the effect of continuing medical education strategies.
From science to practice. Meta-analyses using individual patient data are needed.
No magic bullets: a systematic review of 102 trials of interventions to improve professional practice.
Comprehensiveness and bias in reporting clinical trials. Study of reviews of pneumococcal vaccine effectiveness.
Guidelines for reading literature reviews.
The unbearable lightness of healthcare policy making: a description of a process aimed at giving it some weight.
The unpredictability paradox: review of empirical comparisons of randomised and non-randomised clinical trials.
Closing the gap between research and practice: an overview of systematic reviews of interventions to promote the implementation of research findings. The Cochrane Effe...
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes.
Clinical effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccine. Meta-analysis.
System and market failures: the unavailability of magnesium sulphate for the treatment of eclampsia and pre-eclampsia in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Systematic reviews of the effectiveness of quality improvement strategies and programmes.
Pharmaceutical policies: effects of reference pricing, other pricing, and purchasing policies.
Methods of consumer involvement in developing healthcare policy and research, clinical practice guidelines and patient information material.
Randomisation to protect against selection bias in healthcare trials.
Outcomes of patients who participate in randomised controlled trials compared to similar patients receiving similar interventions who do not participate.
Pharmaceutical policies: effects of cap and co-payment on rational drug use.
Pharmaceutical policies: effects of financial incentives for prescribers.
WITHDRAWN: Audit and feedback versus alternative strategies: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes.

Schools

Michigan State University

Doctors Specialties

Preventive Public Health Medicine
Physical Medicine/Rehab

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