On the limitations of comparative effectiveness research

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1991-1995

  Rubin, Donald B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COVARIANCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955722285     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3960     Document Type: Note

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