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Volume 3Issue 4

Editorial

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Should comparative effectiveness research ignore industry-funded data?
  • Adam G Dunn and
  • Enrico Coiera
pp317–320
Published Online:2 October 2014
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Why are patients uncertain about the human papillomavirus vaccine's effectiveness?
  • Kassandra I Alcaraz and
  • Lauren D Arnold
pp321–323
Published Online:2 October 2014

News

From Methods to Policy

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Pay for quality: how much pay for how much quality?
  • Robert W Dubois
pp329–330
Published Online:2 October 2014

Priority Paper Evaluation

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Continuous infusion of levodopa–carbidopa intestinal gel in Parkinson's disease
  • Lalitha N Guthikonda,
  • Kelly E Lyons, and
  • Rajesh Pahwa
pp331–333
Published Online:2 October 2014
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Short Communication

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Impact of extended-release quetiapine fumarate on hospitalization length and cost in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder patients: a retrospective, hospital-based, US-cohort analysis
  • Julie C Locklear,
  • Peter Wahlqvist,
  • Urban Gustafsson,
  • Mattias Udd,
  • Liberty Fajutrao, and
  • Hans Eriksson
pp335–344
Published Online:2 October 2014
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Research Article

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Using indirect comparisons to compare interventions within a Cochrane review: a tool for comparative effectiveness research
  • Maria Agapova,
  • Emily B Devine,
  • Hiep Nguyen,
  • Fredric M Wolf, and
  • Lurdes YT Inoue
pp345–357
Published Online:2 October 2014
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Implications of different laboratory-based incident diabetic kidney disease definitions on comparative effectiveness studies
  • Emily B Schroeder,
  • Glenn K Goodrich,
  • Katherine M Newton,
  • Julie A Schmittdiel, and
  • Marsha A Raebel
pp359–369
Published Online:2 October 2014
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Analysis of the influence of recent reforms in China: cardiovascular and cerebrovascular medicines as a case history to provide future direction
  • Wenjie Zeng,
  • Junjie Zhen,
  • Mengying Feng,
  • Stephen M Campbell,
  • Alexander E Finlayson, and
  • Brian Godman
pp371–386
Published Online:2 October 2014
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A comparison of outcomes for early oropharyngeal cancers treated with single-modality surgery versus radiotherapy
  • Vladimir Valakh,
  • Curtis Miyamoto,
  • Katsiaryna Mazurenka, and
  • Jeffrey C Liu
pp387–397
Published Online:2 October 2014
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Perspective

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Incremental cost per quality-adjusted life year gained? The need for alternative methods to evaluate medical interventions for ultra-rare disorders
  • Michael Schlander,
  • Silvio Garattini,
  • Søren Holm,
  • Peter Kolominsky-Rabas,
  • Erik Nord,
  • Ulf Persson,
  • Maarten Postma,
  • Jeff Richardson,
  • Steven Simoens,
  • Oriol de Solà Morales,
  • Keith Tolley, and
  • Mondher Toumi
pp399–422
Published Online:2 October 2014
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Review

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Composite scores in comparative effectiveness research: counterbalancing parsimony and dimensionality in patient-reported outcomes
  • Carolyn E Schwartz and
  • Donald L Patrick
pp423–433
Published Online:2 October 2014
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Impact of Sativex® on quality of life and activities of daily living in patients with multiple sclerosis spasticity
  • Rafael Arroyo,
  • Carlos Vila, and
  • Kerry L Dechant
pp435–444
Published Online:2 October 2014
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Erratum

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Erratum
pp446–446
Published Online:2 October 2014