Comparative Effectiveness Research Evidence, Medicine, and Policy

Name: Comparative Effectiveness Research Evidence, Medicine, and Policy
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ISBN: 9780199968565

ISBN-10: 019996856X

ISBN-13: 9780199968565

Edition: 2013

Authors: Carol M. Ashton, Nelda P. Wray

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For all its costs, flaws, and inequities, American health care is fundamentally rooted in a belief that treatment should be based on solid scientific research. To this end, between 2003 and 2010, three different federal laws were enacted, the most recent being the Affordable Care Act of 2010, that mandated new federal investments in a type of clinical research called comparative effectiveness research (CER) -- research into what works best in medical care.Comparative Effectiveness Research: Evidence, Medicine, and Policy provides the first complete account of how -- and why -- the federal government decided to make CER an important feature of health reform. Despite earlier legislative…

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List price: $94.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/1/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.33" long x 0.99" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgments


List of Abbreviations


Introduction



Evidence



The Generation of Evidence in Medicine: Evaluating the Benefits and Harms of Treatment



The Use of Evidence: Federal Regulation of Prescription Drugs and Medical Devices



The Subversion of Evidence: The Rosiglitazone Story



Operate First, Evidence Later: The Special Case of Surgery



Doctors and Evidence: Evidence-Based Medicine



Politics and Policy


Introduction



Comparative Effectiveness Research: A New "Silver Bullet" for U.S. Health Care Costs



The Legislative Odyssey of Comparative Effectiveness Research: Birth in 2002 to the First Federal Mandate in 2003



2005 to 2007: The Health Services Research Community Stirs, the "B" Word Awakens Policy Makers, and the House CHAMP Act Creates Divisions



2008 to 2010: The Baucus-Conrad Bills, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act



The Structure, Financing, and Processes of Federally Mandated Comparative Effectiveness Research and Why They Matter



Interests


Introduction



Aligning Clinical Practice with Best Evidence of Comparative Effectiveness: Payment Policy for Evidence-Based Medical Care



Dealing with Uncertainty: Payment Policy for the Generation of Evidence as Part of Clinical Practice


Epilogue


Index