FROM APPROPRIATE CARE TO EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE

Authors
BALAS EA
Citation
Ea. Balas, FROM APPROPRIATE CARE TO EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE, Pediatric annals, 27(9), 1998, pp. 581
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric annals → ACNP
ISSN journal
00904481
Volume
27
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-4481(1998)27:9<581:FACTEM>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The word quality is used frequently in discussions of healthcare, espe cially in evidence-based medicine. But what does quality mean and to w hom? The criteria for qualify evolve over time and are different for d ifferent people. How do you ensure ''quality'' in a changing health ca re system?