Comparative effectiveness research: challenges for medical journals.
Editors from a number of medical journals lay out principles for journals considering publication of Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER). In order to encourage dissemination of this editorial, this article is freely available in PLoS Medicine and will be also published in Medical Decision Making, Croatian Medical Journal, The Cochrane Library, Trials, The American Journal of Managed Care, and Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
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Harold C
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Dartmouth Institute, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
Helfand
Mark
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Grimshaw
Jeremy
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Dickersin
Kay
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Tovey
David
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Knottnerus
J André
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Tugwell
Peter
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D057186:Comparative Effectiveness Research / Q000592:standards*; D035081:Editorial Policies; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards*