WASHINGTON–Many doctors and medical researchers applauded a new federal focus on comparative effectiveness research that was boosted through the 2009 stimulus package and codified with the signing of the health care reform bill in March. This shift will support–and in many cases require–work to establish which treatments work best. [More]
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