Learning What Works: Infrastructure Required for Comparative Effectiveness Research: Workshop Summary

by Claudia Grossman, LeighAnne Olsen, J. Michael McGinnis, et al.

Book Overview

It is essential for patients and clinicians to have the resources needed to make informed, collaborative care decisions. Despite this need, only a small fraction of health-related expenditures in the United States have been devoted to comparative effectiveness research (CER). To improve the effectiveness and value of the care delivered, the nation needs to build its capacity for ongoing study and monitoring of the relative effectiveness of clinical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309120683
• ISBN13: 9780309120685
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 610 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"