Comparative effectiveness research: Challenges for medical journals

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Sox, Harold C ^a   Helfand, Mark ^b   Grimshaw, Jeremy ^c   Dickersin, Kay ^d   Tovey, David ^e   Knottnerus, J André ^f   Tugwell, Peter ^g  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e The Cochrane Library   (United Kingdom)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH ETHICS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77951719379     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000269     Document Type: Editorial

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