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'Marginal medicine': targeting comparative effectiveness research to reduce waste.
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PMID:  19556249     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Many policymakers believe that comparative effectiveness research will reduce "waste" in the U.S. health care system by providing guidance on what health care options work best for different patients. How such research will produce findings that identify waste has not been clearly elucidated. This paper presents a conceptual framework for different evidentiary categories of what we call "marginal medicine." This framework could help clinicians, researchers, and policymakers align the results of comparative effectiveness research with efforts to identify opportunities to improve the value of health care services.
Authors:
Ari Hoffman; Steven D Pearson
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2009-06-25
Journal Detail:
Title:  Health affairs (Project Hope)     Volume:  28     ISSN:  1544-5208     ISO Abbreviation:  Health Aff (Millwood)     Publication Date:    2009 Jul-Aug
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-07-14     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8303128     Medline TA:  Health Aff (Millwood)     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  w710-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Technology Assessment in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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