What's the Prescription for Lowering Drug Prices?
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Catalina Gorla |
TEDxBeaconStreet
• November 2018
Prescription drugs are taking an increasing share of our healthcare dollars. Is this the best use of our money, or are we overpaying?
It turns out there is an entire field of research dedicated to figuring out which drugs work best for a given medical condition. This field is called Comparative Effectiveness Research, and people across the globe use this data to figure out which drugs to use and pay for.
But here’s the catch: this data isn’t used in the US. Catalina explores why and more importantly, what we can do about it.