Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Drozda, Joseph P., MD, FACC
• Bufalino, Vincent J., MD, FACC
• Fasules, James W., MD, FACC
• Peterson, Eric D., MD, FACC
• Redberg, Rita F., MD, FACC
• Wright, Janet S., MD, FACC
• Allen, Joseph M., MA

Titel

ACC 2009 Advocacy Position Statement: Principles for Comparative Effectiveness Research

Ist Teil von

• Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2009-10, Vol.54 (18), p.1744-1746

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• [...]nearly 50% of current clinical guideline recommendations are expert opinion, and even those with the highest level of evidence are primarily based on efficacy data (2). The ACC also supports cost-effectiveness analyses that are based on high-quality comparative clinical effectiveness research. Since cost-effectiveness analyses vary depending on the assumptions used, and since such assumptions vary depending on the payer, multiple analyses for any technology or procedure may, in fact, be carried out.