ResearchPosted on rand.org Nov 1, 2011Published in: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, v. 306, no. 18, Nov. 2011, Commentary, p. 2020-2021
Research sponsored by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute can help patients make better decisions by comparing the effectiveness of alternative therapies, but it is constrained from considering the costs of therapies it compares.
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