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Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program

Jean Slutsky  1 , David Atkins  2 , Stephanie Chang  1 , Beth A Collins Sharp  1
In: Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2008.
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Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program

Jean Slutsky et al.
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The articles in this series reflect the final individual chapters of the EHC Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. Written by AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center investigators with the intention of improving both consistency and transparency in the EHC program, they were initially posted as one draft document for public comment on the EHC Web site in late 2007 and have been revised in response to public comment. Where there is an inadequate empiric evidence base, the articles review the existing guidance produced by different organizations and collaborations and build on these activities, focusing on issues specific to conducting Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. As the research methodologies develop, the EHC Program will continue to assess the need to update the current Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews.

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