Comparative Effectiveness Research in Health Services

Comparative Effectiveness Research in Health Services.

Challenges conducting comparative effectiveness research: the Clinical and Health Outcomes Initiative in Comparative Effectiveness (CHOICE) experience

Janna L Friedly, University of Washington Zoya Bauer, University of Washington Bryan A Comstock, University of Washington Emily DiMango, Columbia University Medical Center Assiamira Ferrara, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute Susan S Huang, University of California Irvine School of Medicine Elliot Israel, Harvard Medical School Jeffrey G Jarvik, University of Washington Andrew A Nierenberg, M...

The role of comparative effectiveness research in medicine and health.

Volume 95 No. 9 September 2012 today, more than ever, healthCare systems need to do more with less. Clinicians, decision-makers, and other stakeholders are seeking evidence-based healthcare practices that control expenditures while improving patient care. Of particular concern is the paucity of supportive clinical data related to alternative therapeutic options for the treatment of acute and ch...

Comparative effectiveness research in the era of health reform.

NC Med J May/June 2010, Volume 71, Number 3 A lthough the provisions of the recently passed health reform bill (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) addressing access to health insurance have received the most publicity, a critical component of the package of initiatives will certainly affect the way clinicians practice medicine, the way care will be organized, and potentially the wa...

Methods in comparative effectiveness research.

Comparative effectiveness research (CER) seeks to assist consumers, clinicians, purchasers, and policy makers to make informed decisions to improve health care at both the individual and population levels. CER includes evidence generation and evidence synthesis. Randomized controlled trials are central to CER because of the lack of selection bias, with the recent development of adaptive and pra...