2002/09/01 by John Worrall · 1 citation
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Health Professions · Decision Sciences · #Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life #Healthcare cost, quality, practices #Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
paper · doi:10.1086/341855
openalex publication_date 2002/09/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/11
Evidence-Based Medicine is a relatively new movement that seeks to put clinical medicine on a firmer scientific footing. I take it as uncontroversial that medical practice should be based on best evidence—the interesting questions concern the details. This paper tries to move towards a coherent and unified account of best evidence in medicine, by exploring in particular the EBM position on RCTs (randomized controlled trials).