Applying Comparative Effectiveness Data to Medical Decision Making

This textbook introduces students to the basic concepts and methods used to measure and compare the expected benefits, risks and cost of preventive and therapeutic medical interventions. It provides an easily accessible overview of comparative effectivene

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Applying Comparative Effectiveness Data to Medical Decision Making A Practical Guide

Applying Comparative Effectiveness Data to Medical Decision Making

Carl V. Asche Editor

Applying Comparative Effectiveness Data to Medical Decision Making A Practical Guide

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Editor Carl V. Asche Research Professor, Director of Center for Outcomes Research Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy Affiliate Faculty, Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy Chicago, IL USA Research Affiliate Centre on Aging, University of Victoria Victoria British Columbia

ISBN 978-3-319-22064-2 ISBN 978-3-319-23329-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-23329-1

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Contents

1

Introduction to Comparative Effectiveness Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Carmen S. Kirkness

2

Randomized Controlled Trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Nikhil R. Kalva and James F. Graumlich

3

Observational Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Jaeyong Bae and Carl V. Asche

4

Evaluating Published CER Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Jinma Ren

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Epidemiological Principles Applied to CER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Jinma Ren

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The Question of Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Minchul Kim, Carl V. Asche, and Inkyu K. Kim

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Medical Decision Making: When Evidence and Medical Culture Clash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Andy Bland and B