Reviewing the earlier literature on methodological issues in comparative research, the paper argues that 'in terms of methodology in abstracto and on issues of research technology, most of all that ...

The author(s) indicated no potential conflicts of interest. Corresponding author: Edward L. Korn, Biometric Research Branch, MSC 7434, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892; e-mail: [email ...

This Special Issue of Journal of Clinical Oncology provides a broad, in-depth look at the methodologic field that has become known as comparative effectiveness research (CER). The focus is on CER and ...

Until this year, most Americans hadn’t heard of comparative effectiveness research. But then came the giant federal government stimulus package, part of which established a Federal Coordinating ...

The U.S. government has jump-started an unprecedented effort to better understand what works and what doesn't in health care. The effort, called comparative effectiveness research, is designed to ...

Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) has emerged as a vital methodological tool for analysing complex causal configurations in social science research. By bridging the gap between qualitative and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Communist and Post-Communist Studies continues Studies in Comparative Communism and is an international, peer-reviewed scholarly ...

Robert W. Dubois, MD, PhD, Chief Science Officer, National Pharmaceutical Council, discusses the different circumstances in the level of restrictions and evidence regarding comparative effectiveness ...

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced the approval of funding awards totaling more than $165 million for new patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness ...