The relationship is like a transaction between the consumer or purchaser (patient) and the seller, provider or supplier (doctor).
We have become liberated from demographics, from age and gender and these categories used to describe us as consumers and purchasers of products," he said.
However, this implies that the necessary information to make a rational choice of providers and services will be accessible in a timely and usable form to both consumers and purchasers.
Hence, it is becoming more widely available in an effort to help consumers and purchasers make the informed choices.
The purpose of CER is to assist consumers, clinicians, purchasers, and policymakers to make informed decisions that will improve healthcare at both the individual and population levels" [ 1].
The purpose of comparative effectiveness research is to assist consumers, clinicians, purchasers, and policy makers to make informed decisions that will improve health care at both the individual and population levels' [ 4].
According to the Institute of Medicine, "The purpose of CER is to assist consumers, clinicians, purchasers, and policy makers to make informed decisions that will improve health care at both the individual and population levels" [ 2].
This knowledge will assist consumers, clinicians, purchasers, and policy makers in making informed decisions about primary prevention that will improve health care at both the individual and population levels.
The purpose of CER is to assist consumers, clinicians, purchasers, and policy makers to make informed decisions that will improve healthcare at both the individual and the population levels" [ 27].
The purpose of CER is to assist consumers, clinicians, purchasers and policy-makers to make informed decisions that will improve healthcare at both the individual and population levels.' 1 In recent years, CER has garnered much attention on the basis of two main factors: (1) the sharp rise in medical care cost, and (2) the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111 148).
