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We all expect to lead healthy, productive lives with ready access to an
effective health-care
system1. An aging
population, new technologies, and competition for resources have led to a
worldwide crisi in health care. As such, health-care interventions have come
under increasing
scrutiny2.
Health-care providers are interested in how good an intervention is and
whether it is
cost-effective3. The
outcomes movement has evolved to answer many of these questions in a
scientifically valid manner.