Disciplines and Occupations

Comparative Effectiveness Research

Conduct and synthesis of systematic research comparing interventions and strategies to prevent, diagnose, treat, and monitor health conditions. The purpose of this research is to inform patients, providers, and decision-makers, responding to their expressed needs, about which interventions are most effective for which patients under specific circumstances. (hhs.gov/recovery/programs/cer/draftdefinition.html accessed 6/12/2009)

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Conduct and synthesis of systematic research comparing interventions and strategies to prevent, diagnose, treat, and monitor health conditions. The purpose of this research is to inform patients, providers, and decision-makers, responding to their expressed needs, about which interventions are most effective for which patients under specific circumstances. (hhs.gov/recovery/programs/cer/draftdefinition.html accessed 6/12/2009)

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2 entry terms
  • Effectiveness Research, Comparative
  • Research, Comparative Effectiveness

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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2010

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Comparative Effectiveness Research. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D057186. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D057186
  2. Comparative Effectiveness Research. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_effectiveness_research
  3. Comparative Effectiveness Research. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5155639