Demystifying Comparative Effectiveness Research...

This 16-page executive summary of the report, “Demystifying Comparative Effectiveness Research: A Case Study Learning Guide,” written by Robert W. Dubois, MD, PhD, chief medical officer of Cern...

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Demystifying Comparative Effectiveness Research...

This report, “Demystifying Comparative Effectiveness Research: A Case Study Learning Guide,” written by Robert W. Dubois, MD, PhD, chief medical officer of Cerner LifeSciences, and Sylvia L. Ki...

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Health Plan Capabilities to Support Value Based...

To assist employers in understanding how to more effectively work with their health plans to implement programs to lower costs, the non-profit National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH), with fun...

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Employer Medication Compliance Initiatives

Medication compliance has long been acknowledged as a serious problem for the American health care system, costing billions of dollars in lost productivity, additional doctor visits, preventable ho...

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Value-Based Insurance Design Landscape Digest

The "Value-Based Insurance Design Landscape Digest” defines the concept of value-based insurance design (VBID), outlines key objectives, design features and potential barriers to implementation, ...

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What Evidence Do Payers Need?

On November 14, 2008, NPC convened its Annual Forum, during which Dr. Bryan Luce of United BioSource Corporation moderated a panel session entitled, “What Evidence to Payers Need?” Speakers on ...

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NPC | Evidence. Value. Innovation

Learn more about the National Pharmaceutical Council.

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Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Toolkit

Although the concepts of comparative effectiveness research (CER) and evidence-based medicine (EBM) are not new, it is important to establish a clear definition and understanding of why these are s...

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Pharmaceutical Benefits Under State Medical Ass...

Overview of Pharmaceutical Benefits Under State Medical Assistance Programs from 1994.

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National Institute for Health and Clinical Exce...

A study commissioned by the National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) examines key learnings from the U.K.'s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), the organization that provides...

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Frequent Users of Health Services

Most communities experience a small number of individuals who repeatedly and excessively utilize hospital emergency department (ED) and inpatient services as their primary source of medical care. T...

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Pharmaceutical Benefits Under State Medical Ass...

Overview of Pharmaceutical Benefits Under State Medical Assistance Programs from 2000.

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Ten Things You Need to Know about Medicare's Ne...

This six-page booklet, written for consumers, highlights basic information about the new drug benefit and the choices Medicare beneficiaries will have. This information is provided by Pfizer Inc.

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Noncompliance with Medications: An Economic Tra...

The economic and medical consequences of noncompliance to the U.S. health care system are examined in this 32-page NPC publication. Understand how noncompliance accounts for up to $100 billion in h...

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Component Management Fails to Save Health Care ...

This 81-page monograph updates and extends the information first compiled in 1996. The monograph reviews the literature through mid-1999 on the effects of restrictive formularies, caps, copays and ...

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Does The Work Of The National Institute For Hea...

Corinna Sorenson, Michael Drummond, Panos Kanavos, and Alistair McGuire. ISPOR Connections, Vol. 14, No. 4, July/August 2008.ISPOR Connections®, Copyright 2008. Reprinted by permission of the In...

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Pharmaceutical Benefits Under State Medical Ass...

Overview of Pharmaceutical Benefits Under State Medical Assistance Programs from 2007.

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National Institute for Health and Clinical Exce...

This 4-part project examines the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and its operations, and the implications for comparative effectiveness reviews in the U.S.Part 1 entail...

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National Institute for Health and Clinical Exce...

This 4-part project examines the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and its operations, and the implications for comparative effectiveness reviews in the U.S. Pa...

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Reads: 667

Pharmaceutical Benefits Under State Medical Ass...

Overview of Pharmaceutical Benefits Under State Medical Assistance Programs from 2004.

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Reads: 3,745