title: Comparative effectiveness--looking under the lamppost.
authors.affiliation: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, 313 N Figueroa, Room 708, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA. steutsch@ph.lacounty.gov
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Teutsch
authors.forename: Jonathan E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Fielding
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D057186:Comparative Effectiveness Research; D003363:Cost Control; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006291:Health Policy; D006300:Health Services Misuse; D006304:Health Status; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011322:Primary Prevention; D011634:Public Health; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D014481:United States