Special challenges in comparative effectiveness research on children's and adolescents' health

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1849-1856

  Simpson Prof , Lisa A ^a   Peterson, Laura ^b   Lannon, Carole M ^a,c,d   Murphy, Sharon B ^e   Goodman, Clifford ^f   Ren, Zhaoxia ^g   Zajicek, Anne ^g  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f LEWIN GROUP   (United States)

^g EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952115856     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0594     Document Type: Article

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