Accuracy in Pharmacoeconomic Literature Review: Lessons Learned From the Navajo Code Talkers

What Do We Really Know About VBID? Quality of the Evidence and Ethical Considerations for Health Plan Sponsors

“…We have previously pointed out the frequent inappropriate extensions of a study conducted in a small group of low-income elderly with numerous chronic illnesses to healthier patient populations and to different outcomes-even to outcomes that were not studied in the original research. 86 In assessing the information presented in popular press accounts and literature reviews, payers should compare the assertions made about the Post-MI FREEE findings with the study report-or the study abstract for decision makers who lack the time to read the entire report-to determine if findings are represented accurately or misstated.…”