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AHRQ Series Commentary 3: The United States addresses comparative effectiveness but not cost-effectiveness through the Effective Health-Care Program
Journal of Clinical EpidemiologyVol. 63Issue 5p479–480Published in issue: May, 2010- Nick Freemantle
- Michael F. Drummond
Cited in Scopus: 4In this issue of the journal, authors from the Effective Health-Care Program of the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) outline their approach for appraising research evidence and providing “… understandable and actionable information for patients, clinicians, and policy makers” [1]. The methods outlined are not controversial, and it is clear that the program of work is of a high standard. However, in matters of health technology appraisal, the devil is often in the detail or at least in the implementation, and it is interesting to observe controversy emerging when vested interests are challenged.
