AHCPR NEEDS TO BE "EXPLICITLY" INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING COST- EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH, HHS' LEE TELLS REP. WYDEN; AHCPR BUDGET IS $178.1 MIL, UP $19 MIL. IN FY 1995
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HHS' Agency for Health Care Policy & Research needs to be involved "explicitly" in developing cost-effectiveness data for prescription drags and medical technologies, HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Philip Lee, MD, told Rep. Wyden (D-Ore.) during a Feb. 8 House Energy & Commerce/Health Subcommittee hearing.