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[Agency] AHRQ [Project Title] IMPROVING METHODS FOR COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH IN CARDIOVASCULAR CARE [Institution] BRIGHAM AND WOMEN»S HOSPITAL [Amount] $0 [Summary] Specifically, the applicant will 1) develop new databases to study CE of therapies in patients with heart failure (HF) and coronary artery disease (CAD) by linking large claims databases from Medicaid, state pharmacy assistance programs, and Medicare with large clinical registries of CAD and HF and 2) develop and evaluate models for 3 analytic techniques A) high dimensional propensity score using data mining techniques, B) instrumental variable analysis, and C) propensity score calibration to combat bias due to lack of detailed clinical information in claims data research assessing CE of therapies in HF and CAD. [Completion/ Closing Date] 07/02/2010 [Link] link [Category] 
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