QualityTool

Effective Health Care Program: Research Summaries for Consumers, Clinicians, and Policymakers

Description

These research summaries, for consumers, clinicians, and policymakers, provide information about the benefits and risks of different treatments for different health conditions. The summaries are based on comparative effectiveness reviews that cover numerous health topics. The summaries are not clinical recommendations or guidelines and should not be interpreted as such.

The covered health topics include:

Breathing conditions
Cancer
Developmental delays, ADHD, autism
Diabetes
Digestive system conditions
Heart and blood vessel conditions
Infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS
Mental health
Muscle, bone, and joint conditions
Pediatrics
Pregnancy and childbirth

Select summaries are also available in Spanish.

Links to the QualityTool:

This tool is available at
http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm/research-summaries-for-consumers-clinicians-and-policymakers/
Select consumer guides are available in Spanish at
http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm/research-summaries-for-consumers-clinicians-and-policymakers/informacion-en-espanol/

Developer:

Effective Health Care Program

Funding Sources:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

History

Release Date: 2011

Original Summary: January 2012

Last Updated: 04/25/12

QualityTool Classification

Effectiveness

Evidence-based medicine, applications of

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