Giving teeth to comparative-effectiveness research - The Oregon experience

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 7, 2010, Pages e18(1)-

  Saha, Somnath ^a,c   Coffman, Darren D ^c   Smits, Ariel K ^b,c  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Oregon Health Services Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; BREAST DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA TEAR; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; VIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

EID: 77149178457     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0912938     Document Type: Article

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