Journal article
Recent controversies on comparative effectiveness research investigations: Challenges, opportunities, and pitfalls
Abstract
The purpose of comparative effectiveness research (CER) is to improve health outcomes by developing and disseminating evidence-based information about which currently available interventions and practices are most effective for patients. Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) are the hallmark of scientific proof, and have been used to compare interventions used in variable ways by different clinicians (comparative effectiveness RCTs, CER-RCTs). But …
Authors
Kirpalani H; Truog WE; D'Angio CT; Cotten M
Journal
Seminars in Perinatology, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 341–347
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
October 2016
DOI
10.1053/j.semperi.2016.05.004
ISSN
0146-0005