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Evidence-Based Health Care: Benefits and Barriers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2002

Adam Oliver  and
David McDaid
Adam Oliver
Affiliation:
LSE Health and Social Care, London School of Economics and Political Science, London E-mail: [email protected]
David McDaid
Affiliation:
LSE Health and Social Care, London School of Economics and Political Science, London E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The evidence-based policy approach – the view that social policy ought to be based upon supporting evidence that the policy works (and why it works) – is currently in vogue. In this article we reflect upon one aspect of the evidence-based approach: the use of quantitative evidence in health care decision-making. In particular, we discuss both the potential usefulness of quantitative evidence in this context, and the barriers to the appropriate use of such evidence at the decision-making level.

Type
Research Article
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , July 2002 , pp. 183 - 190
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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