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Evidence Based Health Practice

Evidence-based health practice applies the scientific method to use the best available evidence—from physical exams, diagnostic reviews, medical research, and known risks and benefits of treatment options—when making medical decisions. RAND has investigated the impact of adopting evidence-based health practices on patient care and health care policies, and the greater implications of using a national quality measurement and reporting system.

Journal Article

Aligning Incentives in the Treatment of Depression in Primary Care with Evidence-Based Practice

Deficits in the quality of treatment of depression in the primary care sector have been documented in multiple studies.

Jan 1, 2003
Journal Article

Emerging Models of Depression Care: Multi-Level ('6 P') Strategies

Depression is a prevalent, often chronic condition that has enormous personal, social, and financial consequences.

Jan 1, 2003
Report

Interventions that Increase the Utilization of Medicare-Funded Preventive Services for Persons Age 65 and Older

Reviews the evidence for effectiveness of the screening/vaccination programs currently covered by Medicare: influenza and pneumonia vaccinations, screening mammography, cervical smear cytology, and colon cancer screening.

Jan 1, 2003
Journal Article

An Evidence-Based National Quality Measurement and Reporting System

The gains from a greater focus on evidence are expected to be found in accelerating QI.

Jan 1, 2003
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Income-related Differences in the Use of Evidence-Based Therapies in Older Persons with Diabetes Mellitus in For-Profit Managed Care

Whether income influences evidence-based medication use by older persons with diabetes mellitus in managed care with same prescription drug benefit.

Jan 1, 2003
Journal Article

A Review of the Evidence for the Effectiveness, Safety, and Cost of Acupuncture, Massage Therapy, and Spinal Manipulation for Back Pain

Few treatments for back pain are supported by strong scientific evidence.

Jan 1, 2003
Journal Article

Moving Treatment Research from Clinical Trials to the Real World

NIH research takes findings generated by clinical research and translates them into treatments for patients seen in day-to-day nonresearch settings.

Jan 1, 2003
Journal Article

Is the Methodological Quality of Guidelines Declining in the US? Comparison of the Quality of US Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) Guidelines with Those Published Subsequently

North American guidelines developed subsequent to the AHCPR guidelines are of worse methodological quality,

Jan 1, 2003
Journal Article

The Limits of an Evidence-Based Classification of Mental Disorders

Evidence-based approaches to psychiatric classification are essential to assure the credibility of the field and to conform to scientific standards.

Jan 1, 2002
Journal Article

Diagnosis, Natural History, and Late Effects of Otitis Media with Effusion

Develop clinical practice guidelines or medical review criteria for OME.

Jan 1, 2002
Journal Article

Evidence-based Health Policy Versus Evidence-Based Medicine

Argues that the most valuable research integrates information from three levels of investigation: clinical efficacy studies; real life effectiveness research, including studies of cost-effectiveness; and health policy research.

Jan 1, 2002
Journal Article

Expert Panels and Evidence: The RAND Alternative

In this article the author will highlight the RAND Expert Panel.

Oct 1, 2001
Journal Article

Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Suggestive of Benign Prostatic Obstruction: How Can Clinical Expertise Contribute to Rational Management?

Results may be useful in complementing evidence-based guidelines for LUTS suggestive of BPO in the gray area of treatment choice.

Jan 1, 2001
Report

The RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method User's Manual

This manual presents step-by-step guidelines for conceptualising, designing, and carrying out a study of the appropriateness of medical or surgical procedures (for either diagnosis or treatment) using the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method.

Jan 1, 2001
Journal Article

Evidence-based Dentistry and Health Services Research: Is One Possible Without the Other?

Barriers have been identified in the literature to the implementation of evidence-based practice in dentistry.

Jan 1, 2001
Report

Changing Professional Practice in Health Care: An Annotated Bibliography of Studies of Perceptions in Guideline Implementation

Annotated bibliography of survey and other instruments aimed at understanding the subjectively experienced facilitators and barriers to implementing evidence-based changes in professional practice, as perceived by health care deliverers.

Jan 1, 1999
Content

Carl Berdahl

Affiliated Adjunct Physician Policy Researcher
Education M.S. in health care policy and management, UCLA; M.D. in medicine, Yale University; B.A. in music performance, UCLA; Residency in emergency medicine, L.A. County + USC
Content

Marika Booth

Statistical Analyst
Education M.S. in biostatistics, University of California at Los Angeles
Content

Nicole K. Eberhart

Senior Behavioral Scientist
Education Ph.D. in clinical psychology, University of California, Los Angeles; M.A. in clinical psychology, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A. in psychology, University of Pennsylvania
Content

Charles C. Engel

Senior Physician Policy Researcher
Education M.P.H. in epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health; M.D. in medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; B.S. in biology, University of Washington

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RAND Topic:
Evidence Based Health Practice

Topic Synonyms:
EBP;
Evidence-Based Practice

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