Initial national priorities for comparative effectiveness research.

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Initial national priorities for comparative effectiveness research.

Committee on Comparative Effectiveness Research Prioritization.

National Academies Press

2009

227 pages

$36.00

Paperback

R723

From the Committee on Comparative Effectiveness Research Prioritization of the National Academies' Institute of Medicine, this report reviews comparative effectiveness research (CER) meant to assists patients and health care providers to make more informed decisions about treatment options. The committee offers a working definition of CER, which compares evidence on different alternatives to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment; a priority list of 100 research topics relating to devices, procedures, testing and monitoring mechanisms, and systems of care delivery; requirements to support research; and recommendations for best practices. The report is in response to the federal support of CER that was part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, reflecting legislators' beliefs that better decisions about the use of health care could improve the public's health and reduce costs. There is no index.

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