Evidence Based Medicine
Failing Complicated Care, What's Next?
Comorbidity: Are we prepared to care for people with chronic or complex conditions?
7. Effective care trumped by less costly care
Pet Peeves: antibiotics for short term, ostensibly viral diseases -- bronchitis, sinusitis, nasopharyngitis or otitis media; half of abdominal CT scans or the half of back MRIs that show bulging disks on persons sans back pain. Who's failure is it to not control costs?
What is Evidence Based Medicine?
"Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn't" BMJ. Jan. 13, 1996;312:71-72
Brief Summary: The 'Average' Patient Does Not Dictate a Rule, Protocol or Practice Standard
