Comparative Effectiveness Research Working Group

  1. Introduction: The goals of the AAR Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Working Group are to:
    • Provide resources to radiologists who want to take part in CER
    • Build CER research collaborations between institutions
    • Support CER projects that have the potential to get grant funded


On this page, you will find a collection of useful resources for radiologists who are interested in CER. We have organized this page into two sections. The first section, “Beginner level,” is for individuals who want to learn more about the basics of CER. This contains a collection of introductory CER articles. The second section, “Advanced level,” is for radiologists who want to pursue advanced training in CER and/or want to begin performing CER. This section contains links to available CER training programs as well as resources that can be used for research.

This page will be continually updated with new information and resources. If you have a resource that you think would be useful for CE researchers and is not included, please send your suggestion to [email protected].

  1. Committee members: Tharakeswara Bathala, Kirsteen Burton, Dhakshina M. Ganeshan, Lars Grimm, Jeffrey Jarvik, Hansel Otero, Etta Pisano, James Rawson, Andrew Ross, Alexandra Roudenko, Naveen Subhas, Robert Ward, Soterios Gyftopoulos (chair),
  2. Resources
    1. Beginner level
      1. Articles
      2. Advanced level
        1. Online databases for outcomes research
        2. Society webpages

Dataset

Source

Charge

Imaging  Data

AHRQ datasets

https://www.ahrq.gov/research/data/index.html

Free

General level imaging data

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

    

HCUP datasets

https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov

Regular Pricing $350-1,000
per year Student pricing
$50-100 per year

Specific imaging
data including
HCPCS codes

Nationwide Inpatient Survey (NIS)

Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS)

Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID)

Nationwide Readmission Database (NRD)

CDC datasets

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/ftp_data.htm

Public-use data files are free.
Restricted data is subject to a proposal approval and
management fees of ~$3,000.

Varies by dataset.   
Most contain
general level
imaging data

National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)

National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)

National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS)
National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery (NHHCS)

 

      1. Advanced level
        1. Training programs