Comparative effectiveness research around the globe: a valuable tool for achieving and sustaining universal healthcare

Universal healthcare coverage (UHC) is now firmly on the global health agenda. In December 2012, the UN Assembly voted for UHC, with wide-ranging support including from the US and UK governments, and calling on countries to provide “access to key promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative health interventions for all at an affordable cost” [1]. The Washington Post ran the news with the headline ‘Obamacare Everywhere’ [2], drawing...