• Evaluating complex health interventions : a critical analysis of the 'outcomes' concept 

      Paterson, Charlotte; Launsø, Laila; Baarts, Charlotte; Verhoef, Marja J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2009-06-18)
      Background: The extent to which a health care intervention causes or facilitates health-related change is a key question in research. The need to quantify such change has led to the development of an increasing number of change indicators, to measure what have come to be known as 'outcomes'. In the context of medical research into the efficacy or effectiveness of an intervention the term 'outcomes' ...
    • An investigation of multidisciplinary complex health care interventions - steps towards an integrative treatment model in the rehabilitation of People with Multiple Sclerosis 

      Skovgaard, Lasse; Bjerre, Liv; Haahr, Niels; Paterson, Charlotte; Launsø, Laila; Boesen, Finn; Nissen, Michael; Ottesen, May-Britt; Mortensen, Christina; Olsen, Anette; Borch, Søren; Mortensen, Birte K.; Rasmussen, Gudrun A.; Sietam, Kirsten; Staalkjær, Frank; Pedersen, Karin; Søndermark, Kirsten (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Society initiated a large-scale bridge building and integrative treatment project to take place from 2004–2010 at a specialized Multiple Sclerosis (MS) hospital. In this project, a team of five conventional health care practitioners and five alternative practitioners was set up to work together in developing and offering individualized treatments to 200 people with MS. ...