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Improving Patient Care or Drug Rationing?

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No funding was received for this work. The author has received research funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Drug Effectiveness Research Project and the American Pain Society, and has consulted for Consumer’s Union, Wellpoint, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and Palladian Health.

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Chou, R. Comparative Effectiveness Research. Drugs 71, 383–386 (2011). https://doi.org/10.2165/11585410-000000000-00000

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