Healthy Skepticism Library item: 17125
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Publication type: Journal Article
Webster PC
Comparative effectiveness research stalls in the USA
Lancet 2010 Jan 30; 375:(9712):361 - 362
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)60150-X/fulltext
Abstract:
Barack Obama’s plans to greatly expand comparative effectiveness research to curb health-care costs in the USA suffered an unexpected setback last week. Paul Christopher Webster reports.
1 year after US President Barack Obama kicked off his drive to reform America’s US$2·7 trillion health system, his strategy has been derailed-at least for now.
On Jan 19, Massachusetts elected a new senator, Scott Brown, a Republican who opposes the Democrats’ health strategy to improve care for tens of millions o …
