Paying for promising but unproven technologies

Affiliations

Douglas Kamerow. BMJ. 2007.

. 2007 Nov 10;335(7627):965.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.39391.630822.59.

Abstract

Is the policy on “coverage with evidence development” a helpful way forward?

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