Comparative Effectiveness Research

by Carol M. Ashton and Nelda P Wray

For all its costs, flaws, and inequities, American health care is fundamentally rooted in a belief that treatment should be based on solid scientific research. To this end, between 2003 and 2010, three different federal laws were enacted, the most recent being the Affordable Care Act of 2010, that mandated new federal investments in a type of clinical research called comparative effectiveness research (CER) -- research into what works best in medical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019996856X
• ISBN13: 9780199968565
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"