Measuring Resource Utilization in Patient-Oriented Comparative Effectiveness Research

Continuous patient engagement in comparative effectiveness research.

THE GOAL OF COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH (CER) is to provide patients, their advocates and caregivers, health care professionals, federal officials, policy makers, and payers with evidence-based information to make informed health care decisions. Previously, CER studies were designed by researchers and had relatively little input from patients. Patient engagement has rapidly gained accept...

Measuring Resource Utilization

A variety of methods may be used to obtain costing data. Although administrative data are most commonly used, the data available in these datasets are often limited. An alternative method of obtaining costing is through self-reported questionnaires. Currently, there are no systematic reviews that summarize self-reported resource utilization instruments from the published literature.The aim of t...

Patch utilization by migrating birds: resource oriented?

Use of gap (created by tree falls) and non-gap forest understory sites by migrating birds in central Illinois was studied during spring and autumn for three years (19781980). Fruit and understory foliage were concentrated in gaps. Birds that relied on these resources (foliage-gleaning insectivores, frugivores in autumn) used gaps more than non-gaps. Birds that fed on food other than fruit and f...

Patient-centered comparative effectiveness research: essential for high-quality care.

Methods in comparative effectiveness research.

Comparative effectiveness research (CER) seeks to assist consumers, clinicians, purchasers, and policy makers to make informed decisions to improve health care at both the individual and population levels. CER includes evidence generation and evidence synthesis. Randomized controlled trials are central to CER because of the lack of selection bias, with the recent development of adaptive and pra...