Research Available for Comment

The Effective Health Care Program encourages your input on its projects.

You can comment on the questions that researchers are preparing to answer (called key questions), or you can comment on a draft of the actual research review itself (called a draft report). Comments on key questions or draft reports are accepted for a period of 4 weeks. You can be notified by e-mail when new key questions or draft reports are available for comment by joining the Effective Health Care e-mail list.

In addition to commenting on key questions and draft reports, you may also offer commentary on the DEcIDE Network's method draft reports. 

The Key Questions available for comment are:

• No key questions available at this time.

The Draft Reports available for comment are:

• Comparative Effectiveness of Non-operative and Operative Treatments for Rotator Cuff Tears
  Nov. 10–Dec. 7, 2009
• A Technical Brief on the Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque
  Nov. 10–Dec. 7, 2009

Privacy Policy

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Effective Health Care Program supports and is committed to the transparency of its review processes. All comments and the report authors’ responses to the comments (the “disposition of comments”) will be publicly posted on this Web site within 3 months after the final report is posted. Each comment will be listed with the associated name and affiliation, if such information is provided. Those providing public comment are not required to provide their names or affiliations in order to submit suggestions or comments. We will use your contact information only to get in touch with you if we have questions about your submitted comments.