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Comparative effectiveness research
Scholarly Publications
Anesthesia Care Team Composition and Surgical Outcomes
August 2018
The adjusted mortality for care teams with anesthesiologist assistants was 1.6% (95% CI, 1.4 to 1.8) versus 1.7% for care teams with nurse anesthetists (95% CI, 1.7 to 1.7; difference −0.08; 95% CI...
Poverty and Community-Acquired Antimicrobial Resistance with Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase–Producing Organisms, Hyderabad, India
August 2018
The decreasing effectiveness of antimicrobial agents is a global public health threat, yet risk factors for community-acquired antimicrobial resistance (CA-AMR) in low-income settings have not been...
ACA Marketplace Premiums and Competition Among Hospitals and Physician Practices
July 2018
In this study published in the American Journal of Managed Care, the authors found that premiums for ACA Marketplace plans were higher in rating areas in which physician, hospital, and insurance...
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Comparative Effectiveness Research Prioritization
June 2009
Clinical research presents health care providers with information on the natural history and clinical presentations of disease as well as diagnostic and treatment options.
Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes of Elective Induction of Labor
March 2009
Background: Induction of labor is on the rise in the U.S., increasing from 9.5 percent in 1990 to 22.1 percent in 2004.
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It's a win-win: Hospitals should apologize for mistakes
November 2018
Research by Stanford Health Policy’s Michelle Mello looks at what happens when a group of hospitals started systematically acknowledging adverse outcomes in care by apologizing and proactively...
Determining the cost-effectiveness of an innvovative cancer therapy for children
September 2018
A cutting-edge treatment for blood cancer in children with promising short-term remission rates has nevertheless come under intense scrutiny due to its unprecedented cost.
Women over 30 can now choose HPV test as only screening for cervical cancer
August 2018
Federal health advisors say women can now consider three options when it's time for their cervical cancer screening tests. The influential group, the U.S.
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