Title :
The use of medical network databases for observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
Author :
Zhuping Wang ; Kai Yu ; Jia Zhang ; Xiaoyan Sun ; Zhenming Yuan
Author_Institution :
Center of Intell. Health Manage. Syst., Hangzhou Normal Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) was launched to promote health reform in the US. The Comparative Effectiveness Research could help clinical research and health-care decision making to reduce the healthcare cost. This paper summarizes and analyzes the progress of CER by focusing on its technical significance, methods, advantages and disadvantages. A framework using heterogeneous databases for the CER research in China is also proposed.
Keywords :
database management systems; decision making; health care; medical information systems; research and development; CER; China; US; clinical research; health reform; health-care decision making; healthcare cost; heterogeneous databases; medical network databases; observational comparative effectiveness research; Biological system modeling; Databases; Drugs; Mathematical model; Standards; comparative effectiveness research; health management system; observational studies;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), 2013 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2760-9
DOI :
10.1109/BMEI.2013.6747012
