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Measuring the Value of Prescription Drugs

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  • Peter J. Neumann, Sc.D.,
  • and Joshua T. Cohen, Ph.D.

Escalating drug prices have spawned a flurry of initiatives designed to help physicians, payers, and patients understand the value of new therapies and make better choices about their use. But these efforts have revealed numerous analytic and implementation challenges.

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This article was published on November 18, 2015, and updated on November 20, 2015, at NEJM.org.

Author Affiliations

From the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston.

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