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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe As the US government reworks the country's healthcare delivery system, information relating to insurance claims is quickly becoming a
hot commodity. In January, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a plan to construct a nationwide database of public and private insurance claims data for use in
healthcare research. The Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) will use stimulus funding to construct the database for CER, a type of research popular
with healthcare reform proponents that analyzes the benefits, risks and/or costs of various medical procedures to determine the best treatment for a given condition. This is a preview of
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ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Scudellari, M. Elusive claims data hold promise for healthcare research. _Nat Med_ 16, 141 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0210-141a Download citation * Issue
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