Updating comparative effectiveness reviews: Current efforts in AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1208-1215

  Tsertsvadze, Alexander ^a   Maglione, Margaret ^b   Chou, Roger ^c   Garritty, Chantelle ^a   Coleman, Craig ^d   Lux, Linda ^e   Bass, Eric ^f   Balshem, Howard ^c   Moher, David ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Comparative effectiveness reviews; Cumulative meta analysis; Evidence based practice; Methods; Systematic reviews; Updating

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDLINE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

AUTHORSHIP; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 80053346866     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.03.011     Document Type: Review

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