Comparative effectiveness research and the future practice of medicine

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1301-1302

  Akhter, Mohammad N ^a   Levinson, Richard A ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative effectiveness; Health care; Research

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75149121464     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31146-9     Document Type: Article

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