Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THE

Amount

$19,453.00

Award Date

9/28/2010

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Comparative effectiveness research (CER) primarily involves estimation of causal effects of alternative treatments on outcomes. To this end, observational databases are a promising source of information on patient-level treatments and outcomes. However, o