Comparative effectiveness research could get economic stimulus
Executive Summary
House Democrats unveiled their $825 billion economic stimulus package, which will include $1.1 billion to be spent on comparative effectiveness research. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009, introduced Jan. 15 by the House Appropriations Committee, does not set up any separate comparative effectiveness research organization in connection with this financial outlay, but rather provides $700 million to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and $400 million to the National Institutes of Health to carry out the research. The bill does, however, establish a Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness, with the purpose of working with federal agencies to coordinate or support research
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House Democrats unveiled their $825 billion economic stimulus package, which will include $1.1 billion to be spent on comparative effectiveness research. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009, introduced Jan. 15 by the House Appropriations Committee, does not set up any separate comparative effectiveness research organization in connection with this financial outlay, but rather provides $700 million to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and $400 million to the National Institutes of Health to carry out the research. The bill does, however, establish a Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness, with the purpose of working with federal agencies to coordinate or support research. |