Assessment Description
The interpretation of research in health care is essential to decision making. By understanding research, health care providers can identify risk factors, trends, outcomes for treatment, health care costs and best practices. To be effective in evaluating and interpreting research, the reader must first understand how to interpret the findings. You will practice article analysis in Topics 2, 3, and 5.
For this assignment:
Search the GCU Library and find three different health care articles that use quantitative research. (I have attached these articles) Do not use articles that appear in the topic Resources or textbook. Complete an article analysis for each using the “Article Analysis 1” template (I have attached the template).
Refer to the “Patient Preference and Satisfaction in Hospital-at-Home and Usual Hospital Care for COPD Exacerbations: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial,” in conjunction with the “Article Analysis Example 1,” for an example of an article analysis.