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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