Tag
comparative effectiveness
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Dartmouth Atlas: Powerful when used right
The Dartmouth Atlas contains detailed information on regional variations in health care spending and use and therefore has the potential…
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Report compares reform estimates, finds huge savings
A report from the Health Policy-focused Commonwealth Fund compares costs over the next decade for numerous reform options, using estimates…
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Hastings Center debuts ‘Health Care Cost Monitor’
The Hastings Center, an independent bioethics think tank, has launched the ‘Health Care Cost Monitor,’ a blog aimed at covering…
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Debate roils over effectiveness, ‘rationing’
The Kansas Health Institute’s Dave Ranney attempts to illuminate and explain the fears that research into the comparative effectiveness of…
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Effectiveness debate over virtual colonscopies
Officials are considering whether or not Medicare will cover virtual colonoscopies, a technology that, while cheaper and far less invasive,…