A call for action: Comparative effectiveness research in asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-127

  Krishnan, Jerry A ^a,d   Schatz, Michael ^b   Apter, Andrea J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; comparative clinical effectiveness research; comparative effectiveness research; effectiveness trials; efficacy trials; explanatory trials; observational studies; pragmatic trials

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE REGISTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; HUMANS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650877070     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.08.032     Document Type: Article

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