Research on Comparative Effectiveness of Medical Treatments: Issues and Options for an Expanded Federal Role

Congressional Budget Office, Research on Comparative Effectiveness of Medical Treatments: Issues and Options for an Expanded Federal Role, December 2007

  • “This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper—prepared at the request of the Chairmen of the Senate Budget and Finance Committees—examines options for expanding federal support for research on comparative effectiveness. It reviews the current state of such research in both the public and private sectors and discusses several mechanisms for organizing and funding additional research efforts. It also discusses the different types of research that could be pursued and their likely benefits and costs. Finally, it considers the potential effects that such research could have on health care spending and the difficult steps that public and private insurers would probably have to take to achieve substantial savings on the basis of that research—in particular, changing the financial incentives for doctors and patients to reflect that information. In accordance with CBO’s mandate to provide objective, impartial analysis, this paper contains no recommendations.”
  • Summary of the proposed Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 – Senate Finance Committee
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