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Dictionary of Evidence-based Medicine 137 Quality standards (see Standards of quality) Quantal response data Quantal response data are dose-response data for which the response is an all-or-nothing phenomenon (e.g. dead or not, cured or not, impaired or not, etc.). An alternative term is quantal assay data. For example, in the testing of an antibiotic, we may administer different doses to several groups of people and observe how many people develop diarrhoea in each group, thus providing us with quantal data (Morgan BJ (1992) Analysis of quantal response data. Chapman and Hall, London). Quasi-private goods (see under Public goods)
R Randomized clinical trial (see under Clinical trial) Randomized consent design (see under Post-randomization consent design) RCT (see under Clinical trial) Reactance theory Reactance theory was put forward to explain why people often do the opposite to what they have been asked to do. The theory suggests that people believe they have a set of free behaviours in which they can engage. Any threat to these generates a reaction aimed at preserving the threatened free behaviours. The individual demonstrates an intensity of reactance, which is in proportion to the magnitude of the perceived threat, the number of free behaviours being threatened and the value placed on the intensity of the reactance on them. Reactance theory has been used to explain non-compliance to prescribed treatment regimens (Fogarty JS (1997) Reactance theory and patient noncompliance. Social Science and Medicine. 45: 1277-88. Brehm JW (1966) A theory of psychological reactance. Academic Press, New York). Read codes The Read codes are a clinical classification system being developed by the UK Department of Health for computerizing medical records and, in particular, general practice data. The intention is to produce comprehensive information about individual patients so that clinical decisions can be better informed. The data should also allow better audit of health needs and hence better targeting of health care resources (DoH (1990) New classification will streamline computerized medical records. DoH, London. Smith N, Wilson A, Weekes T (1995) Use of Read codes in development of a standard
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A Ability to pay Ability to pay is
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