{"id":13727,"date":"2019-08-02T08:08:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T12:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13727"},"modified":"2019-08-02T08:08:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T12:08:36","slug":"a-watchdog-group-sets-aside-emotions-to-assess-drugs-value-patients-say-their-lives-are-more-than-a-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13727","title":{"rendered":"A watchdog group sets aside emotions to assess drugs\u2019 value. Patients say their lives are more than a number"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Kate Sheridan for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"big-cap-wrap\"><span class=\"big-cap\">H<\/span><\/span>ealth economists walk a precarious tightrope: Their analyses are quantitative and, presumably, emotion-free. But health care is intensely personal \u2014 and often, intensely emotional.\u00a0 Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2019\/08\/02\/icer-patients-value\/\">article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/span><\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Kate Sheridan for STAT) Health economists walk a precarious tightrope: Their analyses are quantitative and, presumably, emotion-free. But health<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13728,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13727\/revisions\/13728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}