Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 5 , Pages 481-483 , May 2010

AHRQ Series Paper 1: Comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health-Care Program

  • Jean Slutsky

      Affiliations

    • Center for Outcomes and Evidence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD
    • ,
  • David Atkins

      Affiliations

    • Assoc. Director, Health Services Research and Development Office of Research and Development Veteran's Health Administration, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Stephanie Chang

      Affiliations

    • Center for Outcomes and Evidence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Outcomes and Evidence, AHRQ, 540 Gaither Rd., Rockville, MD 20850, USA. Tel.: 301-427-1490; fax: 301-427-1520
    • ,
  • Beth A. Collins Sharp

      Affiliations

    • Center for Outcomes and Evidence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD

,Accepted 21 June 2008.

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  4. Chou R, Aronson N, Atkins D, Ismaila AS, Santaguida P, Smith DH, et al. Assessing harms when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health-Care Program. J clin Epidemiol. 2008;61:1200–1210
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PII: S0895-4356(08)00170-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.06.009

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 5 , Pages 481-483 , May 2010

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