Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 3.djvu/812

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42 USC 242c, 242k. Post, p. 3447. 42 USC 242b.

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PUBLIC LAW 95-623—NOV. 9, 1978 " (2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give appropriate emphasis to research, demonstrations, evaluations, and statistical and epidemiological activities respecting— "(A) the accessibility, acceptability, planning, organization, distribution, utilization, and financing of systems for the delivery of health care, "(B) alternative methods for measuring and evaluating the quality of systems for the delivery of health care, "(C) the collection, analysis, and dissemination of health related statistics, " (D) alternative methods to improve and promote health statistical and epidemiological activities, " (E) the safety, efficacy, effectiveness, cost effectiveness, and social, economic, and ethical impacts of health care technologies, " (F) alternative methods for disseminating knowledge concerning health and health related activities, "(G) the special health problems of low income and minority groups and the elderly to insure that these problems are assessed on a periodic regular basis, " (H) the prevention of illness, disability, and premature deaths in the United States, "(I) health care costs, increases in such costs, and the reasons for such increases, and " (J) the impact of the environment on individual health and on health care. "(3) The Secretary shall, through the National Center for Health Services Research, the National Center for Health Statistics, and the National Center for Health Care Technology and using National Research Service Awards and other appropriate authorities, undertake and support training programs to provide for an expanded and continuing supply of individuals qualified to perform the research, evaluation, and demonstration projects set forth in sections 305, 306, and 309.". (b) Paragraph (1) of section 304(b) is amended (1) by inserting ", when appropriate," before "enter into contracts", and (2) by striking Q^^ ^11 after "entities and individuals" the second time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof a period. (c) Subsection (c) of section 304 is amended to read as follows: "(c)(1) The Secretary shall coordinate all health services research, evaluations, and demonstrations, all health statistical and epidemiological activities, and aill research, evaluations, and demonstrations respecting the assessment of health care technology undertaken and supported through units of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. To the maximum extent feasible such coordination shall be carried out through the National Center for Health Services Research, the National Center for Health Statistics, and the National Center for Health Care Technology. "(2) The Secretary shall coordinate the health services research, evaluations, and demonstrations, the health statistical and (where appropriate) epidemiological actiAdties, and the research, evaluations, and demonstrations respecting the assessment of health care technology authorized by this Act through the National Center for Health Services Research, the National Center for Health Statistics, and the National Center for Health Care Technology.". (d) Section 304(d)(3) is amended (1) by striking out "experts and", (2) by inserting "but in accordance with section 3109 of title 5,

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