American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 comparative effectiveness research (CER) investments aimed to develop fundamental building blocks to transform health care in the United States by strategically aligning national CER efforts and priorities. The overarching goals of these investments...

Multidisciplinary, multi-institutional collaboration has become a key feature of comparative effectiveness research (CER), and CER funders have made promotion of these types of collaboration an implicit, and sometimes explicit, goal of funding. An important challenge in evaluating CER programs...

States that contract with health plans to provide comprehensive Medicare and Medicaid services for dually eligible enrollees in nursing facilities can work with these plans to reduce avoidable hospitalizations.

As part of the evaluation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) investment in comparative effectiveness research (CER), Mathematica developed a conceptual framework to guide future efforts to assess the impact of CER. In addition, we explored methodological challenges related to...

This new policy analysis examines how determining what treatments work best for which patients in real-world settings—known as comparative effectiveness research—can help foster beneficial medical innovation.

This perspectives piece sets forth a research agenda in the area of implementation science at the intersection of geriatrics and general internal medicine. It notes how, as the population ages and patients with multiple complex conditions consume more care, the need for research on new...

Patients with complex health needs require both medical and social services and support from multiple providers and caregivers, and the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) offers a promising model for providing them comprehensive, coordinated care. Smaller practices, however, face challenges in...

Individuals with disabilities have complex characteristics and health service needs, which can make strong study design and implementation a challenge. Because of this complexity, randomized controlled trials, the “gold standard†of study design to evaluate evidence, may not always be...

Care coordination for adults with disabilities is typically marked by costly services delivered by a variety of providers, but comparative effectiveness research can help address these challenges. This research brief presents a framework for describing the range of personal characteristics,...

This issue brief lays out criteria to help researchers select and report on the outcomes that matter most to adults with disabilities and to the providers and others responsible for their care.