Effectiveness research:
a. is the study of relationships among health care problems.
b. provides solutions to serious global health care issues.
c. reflects sound, reliable, and valid data that can be examined closely.
d. supplies data that are critical and worthy of gathering.
A
Effectiveness research is defined as the study of relationships among health care problems, in-terventions, outcomes, and costs, generally by analyzing large databases or using epidemiological methods.
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