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The groups plan to produce about six reports each year. Future topics will include lower back pain, ADHD and type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n(By – Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n
For many patients, getting information on various treatment options for a medical condition isn\u2019t hard. Finding out which ones are the best bets for the money can be more difficult.<\/p>\n
A new collaboration between the consumers group Families USA and the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), an independent nonprofit research organization, released two guides Thursday to help patients and their health care providers decide which screenings and treatments offer the best value in terms of clinical and cost effectiveness for two types of cancer.<\/p>\n
The groups plan to produce about six reports each year. Future topics will include lower back pain, ADHD and type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n
The \u201cProven Best Choices\u201d<\/a> guides rate how well one option works compared to others based on scientific evidence and how a treatment\u2019s cost compares to its long-term benefits.<\/p>\n \u201cThese publications will help patients and consumers work with their physicians to think through what is the best course of treatment when you have a significant illness,\u201d said Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA.\u00a0 \u201cFor many health problems, particularly severe health problems, the choices can be bewildering and they can be very difficult for patients to really think through what\u2019s in their best interest.\u201d Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/p>\n
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