Franz Porzsolt

Qualitative assessment of innovations in healthcare provision (2009)

Porzsolt, Franz, Ghosh, Amit K, Kaplan, Robert M

Abstract Background The triad of quality, innovation and economic restraint is as important in health care as it is in the business world. There are many proposals for the assessment of quality and...

The value of health care – a matter of discussion in Germany (2007)

Porzsolt, Franz, Ackermann, Moritz, Amelung, Volker

Abstract Background Interest in assessing the value of health-care services in Germany has considerably increased since the foundation of the Institut für Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit im...

The fading of reported effectiveness. A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (2006)

Gehr, Bernhard T, Weiss, Christel, Porzsolt, Franz

Abstract Background The "real" effect size of a medical therapy is constant over time. In contrast, the effect size reported in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) may change over time because the...

Sicily statement on evidence-based practice (2005)

Dawes, Martin, Summerskill, William, Glasziou, Paul, Cartabellotta, Antonino, Martin, Janet, Hopayian, Kevork, ...

Abstract Background A variety of definitions of evidence-based practice (EBP) exist. However, definitions are in themselves insufficient to explain the underlying processes of EBP and to...

Sicily statement on evidence-based practice (2005)

Dawes, Martin, Summerskill, William, Glasziou, Paul, Cartabellotta, Antonino, Martin, Janet, Hopayian, Kevork, ...

BACKGROUND:A variety of definitions of evidence-based practice (EBP) exist. However, definitions are in themselves insufficient to explain the underlying processes of EBP and to differentiate between...

A new instrument to describe indicators of well-being in old-old patients with severe dementia – The Vienna List (2004)

Porzsolt, Franz, Kojer, Marina, Schmidl, Martina, Greimel, Elfriede R, Sigle, Jörg, Richter, Joerg, ...

Abstract Background In patients with very severe dementia self-rating of quality of life usually is not possible and appropriate instruments for proxy-ratings are not available. The aim of this...