Knowing What Works in Health Care

Institute Of Medicine; Board On Health Care Services; Committee On Reviewing Evidence To Identify Highly Effective Clinical Services

ISBN 10: 0309113563 / ISBN 13: 9780309113564

Published by National Academy Press, 2008

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pp. xxii + 256, Maps, Index.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knowing What Works in Health Care
• Publisher: National Academy Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309113563
• ISBN 13: 9780309113564
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

There is currently heightened interest in optimizing health care through the generation of new knowledge on the effectiveness of health care services. The United States must substantially strengthen its capacity for assessing evidence on what is known and not known about "what works" in health care. Even the most sophisticated clinicians and consumers struggle to learn which care is appropriate and under what circumstances. Knowing What Works in Health Care looks at the three fundamental health care issues in the United States―setting priorities for evidence assessment, assessing evidence (systematic review), and developing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines―and how each of these contributes to the end goal of effective, practical health care systems. This book provides an overall vision and roadmap for improving how the nation uses scientific evidence to identify the most effective clinical services. Knowing What Works in Health Care gives private and public sector firms, consumers, health care professionals, benefit administrators, and others the authoritative, independent information required for making essential informed health care decisions.

About the Author

Jill Eden, Ben Wheatley, Barbara McNeil, and Harold Sox, Editors, Committee on Reviewing Evidence to Identify Highly Effective Clinical Services