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Comparative Effectiveness Research

"Comparative Effectiveness Research" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

Conduct and synthesis of systematic research comparing interventions and strategies to prevent, diagnose, treat, and monitor health conditions. The purpose of this research is to inform patients, providers, and decision-makers, responding to their expressed needs, about which interventions are most effective for which patients under specific circumstances. (hhs.gov/recovery/programs/cer/draftdefinition.html accessed 6/12/2009)


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Comparative Effectiveness Research" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Comparative Effectiveness Research" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 410 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 54 publications in 2012
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