Thursday, May 17, 2012

PCORI Head Vows Not To Do Cost-Effectiveness Studies, But Notes Gray Areas

The head of the health reform law's comparative effectiveness research institute waded into the politically charged issue of whether such research will consider costs, pledging that the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute will not do “cost-effectiveness analyses” . . .


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