Comparative effectiveness of medical treatments / / Meter [i.e. Peter] Villa and Sophia Brun, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (106 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.1
• Soggetto topico: Drugs - Effectiveness; Therapeutics; Therapeutics - Costs
• Altri autori: VillaPeter BrunSophia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF MEDICAL TREATMENTS -- COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF MEDICAL TREATMENTS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: RESEARCH ON THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF MEDICAL TREATMENTS: OPTIONS FOR AN EXPANDED FEDERAL ROLE BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANSU.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES∗JUNE 12, 2007 -- BACKGROUND ON PAST AND CURRENT EFFORTS -- What Is Comparative Effectiveness? -- Research in the Private Sector -- Past and Current Federal Efforts to Assess Medical Treatments -- Comparative Effectiveness in Other Countries -- OPTIONS FOR ORGANIZING AND FUNDING FEDERAL RESEARCH EFFORTS -- ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN COMPARING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TREATMENTS -- Methods of Research -- Scope of Analysis and Dissemination of Results -- POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH CARE SPENDING -- Potential for Savings on Health Care -- Possible Responses Under Private and Public Insurance Plans -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: PRODUCING COMPARATIVE-EFFECTIVENESS INFORMATION -- CONTEXT FOR MEDICARE PAYMENT POLICY -- DEFINING COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS -- The Private Sector Does Not Systematically Produce andDisseminate Objective Comparative-Effectiveness Information -- Conducting Comparative-Effectiveness Studies Is Not the PrimaryFocus of Any Federal Agency -- The United States Needs to Produce More Credible Comparative-Effectiveness Information -- Comparative Information Could Help Payers Make Better Policies -- More Comparative Information Could Help Support BetterDecision Making by Patients and Providers -- Functions and Activities of a Comparative-Effectiveness Entity -- Structuring an Entity to Examine and Report on ComparativeEffectiveness -- CONCLUSION. ; Chapter 3: TESTIMONY OF STEVEN M. TEUTSCH, M.D., M.P.H. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OUTCOMES RESEARCH, EXTERNAL MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS,MERCK & -- CO., INC. BEFORE THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS, HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE CONCERNING COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS JUNE 12, 2007 -- MERCK AND COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS -- NECESSARY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NATIONAL COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS EFFORT -- STAKEHOLDER CONCERNS -- CONCLUSION -- SELECTED PUBLICATIONS RELEVANT TO COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS -- Chapter 4: HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, STATEMENT OF CAROLYN M. CLANCY, M.D., DIRECTOR,AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS JUNE 12, 2007 -- EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE PROGRAM -- COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS REVIEWS -- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) -- Breast Cancer Diagnosis -- Managing Anemia in Cancer Patients -- Osteoarthritis Drugs -- Renal Artery Stenosis -- Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics -- Second-Generation Antidepressants -- Health Information Technology -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 5: HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, STATEMENT OF DAVID DALE, M.D.,PRESIDENT, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS JUNE 12, 2007 -- THE PUBLIC NEED FOR COMPARATIVE CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH -- USE OF COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS IN BENEFIT DESIGN DECISIONS -- COMPARATIVE CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH AND SHARED DECISION-MAKING -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6: HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, STATEMENT OF GAIL SHEARER, DIRECTOR, HEALTH POLICY ANALYSIS, CONSUMERS UNION TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS JUNE 12, 2007 -- REFERENCES. ; Chapter 7: HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, STATEMENT OF SUSAN HEARN, PH.D., SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER IN ENVIRONMENT HEALTH AND SAFETY, DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, MIDLAND, MICHIGAN TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS JUNE 12, 2007 -- Chapter 8: HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE THOMAS ALLEN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MAINE TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS JUNE 12, 2007 -- Chapter 9: BACKGROUND TO HEARING ON STRATEGIES TO INCREASE INFORMATION ON COMPARATIVE CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS FROM HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN PETE STARK -- FOCUS OF THE HEARING -- INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the comparative effectiveness of medical treatments as applied in the health care sector. An analysis of comparative effectiveness is simply a comparison of the impact of different options that are available for treating a given medical condition for a particular set of patients. These studies may compare both similar treatments, such as competing drugs, or they may analyze very different approaches, such as surgery and drug therapy. The analysis may focus only on the relative medical benefits and risks of each option, or it may go on to weigh both the costs and the benefits of those options. In some cases, a given treatment may be found more effective for all types of patients, but more commonly a key issue is determining which specific types would benefit most from it. Although some information about the effectiveness of new drugs, medical devices, or procedures is often available, rigorous comparisons of different treatment options are less common. Thus, this book compares and discusses which treatments work best for which patients and whether the added benefits of more-effective but more-expensive services are sufficient to warrant their added costs.
• Titolo autorizzato: Comparative effectiveness of medical treatments
• ISBN: 1-61728-193-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910963199703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Health care issues, costs, and access.; Novinka (Series)