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Comparative Effectiveness Research

"Comparative Effectiveness Research" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Conduct and synthesis of systematic research comparing interventions and strategies to prevent, diagnose, treat, and monitor health conditions. The purpose of this research is to inform patients, providers, and decision-makers, responding to their expressed needs, about which interventions are most effective for which patients under specific circumstances. (hhs.gov/recovery/programs/cer/draftdefinition.html accessed 6/12/2009)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Comparative Effectiveness Research" by people in this website by year, and whether "Comparative Effectiveness Research" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 42 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2010
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