Comparative Effectiveness in Health Care Reform: Lessons from Abroad
President Obama's proposed Institute for Comparative Effectivenesswould mean more government control of private medical decisions. Itis clear from the British experience and other internationalexamples that a comparative effectiveness strategy that relies oncentral planning and coercion would be counterproductive and wouldlead to cost constraints that could worsen patients' medicalconditions and damage the quality of their lives.
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