RT Journal
A1 Mitka M
T1 STudies comparing treatments ramp up
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2009
FD May 20
VO 301
IS 19
SP 1975
OP 1975
DO 10.1001/jama.2009.671
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.671
AB 
As rising health care costs continue to strain the Medicare and Medicaid budgets, the government has become interested in comparative effectiveness research, which promises to provide quality data about the costs and benefits of various treatment options. The economic gains that may derive from such study have caused some to question whether it will be used to justify health care rationing. But members of a federal council that will coordinate the research and make funding suggestions said they will not be recommending clinical guidelines for payment, coverage, or treatment.