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Dear All, Thank you all for helping in making real good collections for search filters. Usually, when I start new project as student, in quick time, I have to make proposal with course works running simultaneously and I find it difficulty sometime, as when I complete analysis and writing result, I may again need to search more and at that time, I really get some good articles which has potential to make good aims and methods. Making those filters in your account of PUBMED or any database would really reduce the time and improve the efficiency and also reduced the pain of missing valuable information due to poor search !! So, I am thankful to Julie, David, Halena, Moacyr and Ash Paul, I am sorry if I forget anyone. I wonder, Is there any study on this improvement in efficiency (manuscript preparation time for student, grades of student) significantly improved by good searching practice (good understanding and user capability to operate on database) ? I will try to find using those good resources !!!!! Sincerely, AM On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 3:14 AM, Julie Glanville <[log in to unmask] > wrote: > Hello Ajun > Published (and often validated) search filters to find studies of specific > design, are listed on the ISSG search filter resource: > http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/intertasc/. > > You may like to check that site out. > > As another responder has noted, one issue is the definition of an > observational study - it's best to check that the search filter author's > definition of an observational study is similar to yours. > > Regards > > Julie > > Julie Glanville > Project Director - Information Services > > York Health Economics Consortium Limited > Level 2, Market Square > University of York > York, YO10 5NH > United Kingdom > Email: [log in to unmask] > Direct Line: (+44) (0) 1904 324832 > Support Services: (+44) (0) 1904 323620 > Fax: (+44) (0) 1904 323628 > > > YHEC is part of the MINERVA Network, an International Health Economics > Network. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Evidence based health (EBH) [mailto: > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Arjun Mehta > Sent: 14 January 2012 05:33 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Search Strategy for Database studies-Observation studies > > Hello All, > > I am a graduate student studying health outcomes research. The discussion > of search strategy for systematic review gave very good understanding of > use of different databases. > > I am working on different databases like Medical Expediture Panel Survey, > Medicare, Medicaid and claims database. I wonder whether any search filters > are developed for searching the studies for observation studies. The search > strategy can identified studies observation or comparative effectiveness > research performed using any of the datasets only and would be able to > remove the primary data collections studies. > > I would really appreciate the help and support of all group members. > > Thank you very much. > > Sincerely, > AM >