Stimulus Funds Will Bankroll Studies on Treatment Efficacy
In a report to Congress last week, the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and NIH indicated that they would use money from the federal economic stimulus package for research that will consider how well medical treatments work as part of an effort to control rising health care costs.
- "Agencies Seek To Use Stimulus Funds To Find Cheaper Health Care" (Zhang, Wall Street Journal, 7/31).