Smarter Patients, Cheaper Care?
Whenever researchers compare drugs or treatments to see which works best, somebody’s ox gets gored. Such “comparative effectiveness” studies have already cast doubt on expensive newer blood pressure and schizophrenia drugs, as well as spinal fusions and other surgeries. And in one case, it is a very expensive ox: the heart procedure known as angioplasty.
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