TY  - JOUR
T1  - The convergence of science and governance: Research, health policy, and american states
AU  - Sessions SY
Y1  - 2010/06/16
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2010.811
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2414
EP  - 2415
VL  - 303
IS  - 23
N2  - 
During roughly that same period, another field of health sciences has developed that is both complementary and in part a response to advances in biomedical science. Rather than investigating the biological mechanisms of disease, health services research concentrates on how health care—usually existing clinical interventions—can be most effectively delivered. It includes comparative effectiveness research, which undertakes head-to-head comparisons of treatment and diagnostic options, primarily by consolidating and analyzing the results of previous clinical trials in systematic reviews.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.811
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.811
ER  -