Kathleen N Lohr
Comparative Effectiveness Research Methods
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality|RTI International
agency healthcare research quality expanding efforts advance methods comparative effectiveness research cer convened second invitational symposium june 2009 developing evidence inform decisions effectiveness decide network distinguished planning committee set agenda reviewed 70 abstracts invited almost 30 speakers program emphasized issues clinical heterogeneity longitudinal outcomes including patientreported measuresconference papers covered varied set points 3 major areas cer study design data collection issues statistical analytic techniques applications policy clinical decisionmaking primary data collection analyses databases including electronic health records distributed networks crucial cer agenda methods advances enable investigators pay greater attention important population subgroups including persons low literacy nonenglish speaking patients frail elderly established newer statistical techniqueseg propensity scoring various types modeling including bayesian approachesoffer analysts improved ways address issues confounding measurement bias finally articles provided guidance examples extending cer newer realms evaluations medical devices surgical procedures providing better information decisionmakers clinicians patients