Comparative Effectiveness in the News

Stimulus Funds Will Boost ‘Comparative’ Health Research

Study Found Cheap Blood Pressure Meds Are Best. No One Cared

Comparative Effectiveness: Is Obama Really Calling for Rationing?

The American College of Physicians website (www.acponline.org) announced that the past president of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and current editor of Annals of Internal Medicine, Harold C. Sox, MD, MACP, has been named to chair the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Comparative Effectiveness Research Priorities.

Read more about Dr. Sox’s Appointment as Chair of the IOM’s Committee on Comparative Effectiveness Research Priorities.

Comparative Effectiveness in the News

• The Appropriate Role Of Cost-Effectiveness In Determining Device Coverage: A Case Study Of Drug-Eluting Stents, Health Affairs
• A Hurdle for Health Reform: Patients and Their Doctors, The New York Times
  
• Drug Makers Fight Stimulus Provision, Wall Street Journal
• Obama’s Stimulus Bill Could Bring Euro-Style HTA to the US, Clinica World Medical Technology News
• Comparative Effectiveness Bill to Hit Senate, FDAnews Drug Daily Bulletin
• Bill Would Create Center For Comparative Effectiveness, Drug Topics
• Whose Opinions Did the New York Times Publish on Comparative Effectiveness Research? Health Care Renewal
• U.S. Stimulus Plan Would Pour Billions into Health
• Senate Appropriations Cmte. Clarifies Comparative Effectiveness Language, The Pink Sheet

Ever since the passage of the recent economic stimulus package there has been more and more discussions about the prospects of the government establishing a new Center for Comparative Effectiveness.

Be a part of the discussion…

Developing a Center for Comparative Effectiveness

The Obama Administration’s Options for Health Care Cost Control: Hope vs. Reality

Comparative Effectiveness Resource Center

Uwe E. Reinhardt, Economics Professor at Princeton published this story in the New York Times – a good read but be sure to check out the comments section as well.

‘Cost-Effectiveness Analysis’ and U.S. Health Care’