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The interesting thing about NIHCE and its short existence is that it's a startling reminder that the idea that health policy should be evidence-based is still a
by grabcocque 10y ago
The interesting thing about NIHCE and its short existence is that it's a startling reminder that the idea that health policy should be evidence-based is still a new one.
NIHCE's greatest contribution has been that, in insisting on being evidence-based as de-politicised any and all questions about what treatments should be available.
I think this week's US shenanigans have showed that de-politicising healthcare is a very laudable goal.
- Apfel 10y agoJust for the record, although the acronym does technically spell out NIHCE since they changed the name, they've stuck with the "NICE" branding. It allows for all sorts of pun titles for academic papers like the following: [i] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1734179/pdf/v031p00373.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1734179/pdf/v03... [ii] http://www.nature.com/bdj/journal/v215/n5/full/sj.bdj.2013.832.html http://www.nature.com/bdj/journal/v215/n5/full/sj.bdj.2013.8...