Comparative effectiveness research: Does one size fit all?

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 3062-3065

  Kunz, Lauren M ^a   Yeh, Robert W ^b,c   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZATION; RESTENOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84867439995     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.5482     Document Type: Article

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