Feds Furnish $100 Million For Device Comparative Effectiveness Research
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Department of Health and Human Services has committed nearly $100 million to device and diagnostics studies out of the $1.1 billion designated by the 2009 economic stimulus package for comparative effectiveness research.
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