title: How Do You Know Which Health Care Effectiveness Research You Can Trust? A Guide to Study Design for the Perplexed.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215. Email: ssoumerai@hms.harvard.edu. Dr Soumerai is also co-chair of the Evaluative Sciences and Statistics Concentration of Harvard University's PhD Program in Health Policy.
authors.forename: Stephen B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Soumerai
authors.affiliation: College of Communication, Science Journalism Program, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Starr
authors.affiliation: Medicine and Dentistry and Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
authors.forename: Sumit R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Majumdar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000592:standards*; D015982:Bias; D002648:Child; D057186:Comparative Effectiveness Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000191:economics; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006620:Hip Fractures; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D007252:Influenza Vaccines; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*; D015983:Selection Bias; D012928:Social Desirability; D014342:Truth Disclosure
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D007252:Influenza Vaccines