A framework for assessing the value of diagnostic imaging in the era of comparative effectiveness research

  • G. Scott Gazelle
  • , Larry Kessler
  • , David W. Lee
  • , Thomas McGinn
  • , Joseph Menzin
  • , Peter J. Neumann
  • , Derek Van Amerongen
  • , Leigh Ann White

Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debate

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Abstract

In June 2009, the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research submitted a report to the President and Congress in which the Council described the purpose of comparative effectiveness research (CER) as developing evidence-based information for interventions and determining under what circumstances an intervention is effective (1). With the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a Patient-centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) was established to assist decision makers in making evidence-based health decisions through synthesis and dissemination of clinical CER of health interventions (2). Its founding has underscored a heightened need for health policy makers to consider the impact of health care technologies on fi nal outcomes of interest - for example, functional status, quality of life, disability, major clinical events, and mortality (3-5).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)692-698
Number of pages7
JournalRadiology
Volume261
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2011
Externally publishedYes

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