Communication behaviours in a hospital setting: an observational study

Objective: An exploratory study to identify patterns of communication behaviour among hospital based healthcare workers.

Sex differences in selection of pacemakers: retrospective observational study

Objective: To evaluate the effect of patients’ sex on selection of pacemakers.

Morbidity and healthcare utilisation of children in households with one adult: comparative observational study

Objective: To identify and consider differences in morbidity in children in households with one adult presenting to general practitioners compared with children in households with more than one adult.

Adverse socioeconomic conditions in childhood and cause specific adult mortality: prospective observational study

Objective: To investigate the association between social circumstances in childhood and mortality from various causes of death in adulthood.

Cumulative risk adjusted mortality chart for detecting changes in death rate: observational study of heart surgery

Objective: To detect changes in mortality after surgery, with allowance being made for variations in case mix.

Mortality in people taking selegiline: observational study

Objective: To evaluate mortality among patients with Parkinson’s disease receiving different treatment.