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ReviewHand clinics2014

Comparative effectiveness research in hand surgery.

Shepard P Johnson, Kevin C Chung

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Review in Hand clinics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Shepard P JohnsonDepartment of Surgery, Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital, 5333 McAuley Drive, Reichert Health Building, Suite R-2111, Ann Arbor, MI 48197, USA.
Kevin C ChungSection of Plastic Surgery, Faculty Affairs, University of Michigan Health System, University of Michigan Medical School, 2130 Taubman Center, SPC 5340, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5340, USA. Electronic address: kecchung@umich.edu.

Funding

A Clinical Trial for the Surgical Treatment of Elderly Distal Radius FracturesR01AR062066 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CHUNG, KEVIN C · 2011 to 2016
$3.8M
An Outcome Study of Rheumatoid Hand ArthroplastyR01AR047328 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CHUNG, KEVIN C · 2003 to 2016
$3.1M
Evidence-Based Research in Hand SurgeryK24AR053120 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CHUNG, KEVIN C · 2008 to 2018
$1.6M
NIAMS NIH HHS 2K24-AR053120-06NIAMS NIH HHS 2R01AR047328-06NIAMS NIH HHS K24 AR053120NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR047328NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR062066
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Comparative effectiveness research (CER) is a concept initiated by the Institute of Medicine and financially supported by the federal government. The primary objective of CER is to improve decision making in medicine. This research is intended to evaluate the effectiveness, benefits, and harmful effects of alternative interventions. CER studies are commonly large, simple, observational, and conducted using electronic databases. To date, there is little comparative effectiveness evidence within hand surgery to guide therapeutic decisions. To draw conclusions on effectiveness through electronic health records, databases must contain clinical information and outcomes relevant to hand surgery interventions, such as patient-related outcomes.

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Databases, FactualPatient Outcome AssessmentComparative Effectiveness ResearchHandHumansUnited StatesComparative effectiveness researchHand surgeryLarge databasesPatient-reported outcomes

Identifiers

PMID25066850
PMCPMC4258902

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