The ''Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research'' is a

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that was established in 2012 and is published by Future Medicine. The

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are Sheldon Greenfield (

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) and Eugene Rich (

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). The journal covers all aspects of

comparative effectiveness research Comparative effectiveness research (CER) is the direct comparison of existing health care interventions to determine which work best for which patients and which pose the greatest benefits and harms. The core question of comparative effectiveness r ...

, including

patient-centered outcomes Patient-centered outcomes are results of health care that can be obtained from a healthcare professional's ability to care for their patients and their patient's families in ways that are meaningful, valuable and helpful to the patient. Patient ...

research,

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and

health economics Health economics is a branch of economics concerned with issues related to efficiency, effectiveness, value and behavior in the production and consumption of health and healthcare. Health economics is important in determining how to improv ...

, relating to diagnostics, therapeutics, surgical procedures, or other healthcare services or options.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in EMBASE/

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, and

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2016

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of 1.204, ranking it 75th out of 90 journals in the category "Health Care Sciences & Services".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research English-language journals Bimonthly journals Public health journals Academic journals established in 2012 Future Science Group academic journals Health economics journals