The challenge of conducting comparative effectiveness research in cancer: The impact of a fragmented US health-care system

Journal of the National Cancer Institute - Monographs

Volumn , Issue 46, 2013, Pages 99-105

  Fishman, Paul A ^a   Hornbrook, Mark C ^b   Ritzwoller, Debra P ^c   O'Keeffe Rosetti, Maureen C ^b   Lafata, Jennifer Elston ^d,e   Salloum, Ramzi G ^e,f  

^a GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RESEARCH; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTANT METASTASIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; UNITED STATES; CANCER REGISTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; VERY ELDERLY; NEOPLASMS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883048462     PISSN: 10526773     EISSN: 17456614     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgt008     Document Type: Article

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