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Doctors’ Lobby Objects MOF Proposal for CEA Use in Reimbursement Decisions
Kichiro Matsumoto, president of the Japan Medical Association (JMA), on April 17 expressed the group’s opposition to a recent finance ministry proposal that called for the use of cost-effectiveness assessments (CEAs) in reimbursement decisions. “It is not appropriate to use…
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