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Is Evidence-Based Medicine a Barrier to Cost-Effective Care?

By Alan Garber | Stanford MedCast Lecture 1 of 5

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Lecture Description

Alan Garber, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and the director of the Center for Health Policy and of the Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research at Stanford University, discusses the importance of distinguishing between a treatment's effectiveness and its value, and in turn what role evidence-based medicine should play in today's coverage decisions.

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