Comparative Effectiveness Research

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Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) focuses on directly comparing existing health care interventions to determine which work best for which patients and which pose the greatest benefits and harms. The primary goal of CER is to improve health outcomes by developing and disseminating evidence-based information to patients, clinicians, and other decision-makers, responding to their expressed needs, about which interventions are most effective for which patients under specific circumstances. Thus, it concentrates on the evaluation of the benefits and risks of healthcare from the patient perspective.