Behnood Bikdeli on Comparative Effectiveness Research Examples in Thrombosis
Behnood Bikdeli, a cardiologist and vascular medicine specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, shared an insightful post on X:
“Comparative effectiveness studies can use double-blind RCT, pragmatic RCT, or observational designs with the Target Trial framework.
We break down internal, construct and external validity across designs, with examples in thrombosis.”
Read the full article here.
Title: Comparative Effectiveness Research Using Randomized Trials and Observational Studies: Validity and Feasibility Considerations
Authors: Behnood Bikdeli, Joseph S. Ross, Syed Bukhari, Molly M. Jeffery, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Seng Chan You, David J. Cohen, James L. Januzzi Jr, Joshua D. Wallach

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