The Decisions about Effectiveness Research Network-2 (DEcIDE-2) will continue to provide a variety of research services and scientific products to support the generation of new scientific evidence on patient-centered outcomes of healthcare items and services, with a focus on comparative clinical effectiveness research.
Comprehensive EPC Comparative Effectiveness Reviews for Effective Health Care
The RTI-UNC Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) will build on existing work of the EPC program within the context of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Effective Health Care (EHC) program to expand the scope and delineation of a comprehensive approach to systematic review for evidence synthesis.
EPC: Refractory Depression, Non-pharmacological Interventions; A Systematic Review
The project reviews the existing literature on non-pharmacological interventions for treating refractory depression.
Develop Evidence to Inform Decisions About Effectiveness: The DEcIDE Network
The DEcIDE network provides a variety of services and products to support the development of new scientific knowledge through research on the outcomes of healthcare items and services. Activities performed by the DEcIDE network reflect the general principle that clinicians and patients should have the best available evidence upon which to make choices in health… Read more »
Drug Effectiveness Review Project (DERP)
Utilizing the infrastructure of the RTI-UNC EPC, this research aims to summarize the available evidence comparing the efficacy, effectiveness, and harms of drugs in many widely used drug classes.