Medical Effectiveness Research

The methods of comparative effectiveness research

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22224891/

This review describes methods used in comparative effectiveness research (CER). The aim of CER is to improve decisions that affect medical care at the levels of both policy and the individual. The key elements of CER are (a) head-to-head comparisons of active …

Few Studies Compare the Efficacy of Medical Treatments

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/comparative-effectiveness/

Comparative effectiveness studies can not only help doctors and patients know which therapy (prescription or lifestyle changes) is most effective overall, but also, …

Comparative Effectiveness Research | Health Affairs

https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20101005.130478/

Research on the Effectiveness of Medical …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK233980/

The specific purpose of the Medical Treatment Effectiveness Program is to improve the effectiveness and …

Defining Comparative Effectiveness Research: The …

https://journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcare/Fulltext/2010/06001/Defining_Comparative_Effectiveness_Research__The.3.aspx

“ Comparative effectiveness research is the generation and synthesis of evidence that compares the benefits and harms of alternative methods to prevent, diagnose, treat, and …

Measures of effectiveness in medical research

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0039368121000960

A key criticism advanced by Stegenga on existing measures of medical effectiveness is the following: researchers (and pharmaceutical companies) make the …

A rapid systematic review of the efficacy of face masks …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32512240/

Background: The pandemic of COVID-19 is growing, and a shortage of masks and respirators has been reported globally. Policies of health organizations for healthcare …

Efficacy and Effectiveness Studies

https://isappscience.org/efficacy-and-effectiveness/

Describing a study as either an “efficacy” study or an “effectiveness” study is not always dichotomous. Rather, these studies exist on a spectrum, from being …

National Center for Biotechnology Information

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3726789/

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Vaccine effectiveness research continues to grow | VUMC …

https://news.vumc.org/2023/01/26/vaccine-effectiveness-research-continues-to-grow/

The network’s findings include one of the first descriptions of long COVID; strong evidence of COVID-19 vaccines preventing severe COVID-19 and death; higher …