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The Obama administration's infusion of stimulus funds into enhanced comparative-effectiveness research (CER) is in keeping with the conclusion of a recent Commonwealth Fund report that, of the top 15 ways of bringing health care costs under control, CER promises the greatest short- and long-term savings.¹ In addition, the report notes, CER efforts are the most likely to reduce the out-of-pocket health care costs of ordinary households. To address the unsustainable increase in overall health care expenditures — a matter made more urgent by the financial challenge of providing health care coverage for all citizens in the state — the Washington . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle (G.M.F.); the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, Olympia (G.M.F.); the Washington Health Technology Assessment Clinical Committee and the Washington Health Technology Assessment Program, Olympia (B.R.B.); and Group Health Cooperative, Spokane, WA (B.R.B.).

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