Will Wider Use of Evidence-Based Medicine Signficantly Enhance Health Care Quality and Affordability: Implications for Consumer Driven Health Benefits by Fronstin, Paul, Ed

Employee Benefit Research Institute Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. 1st Edition. 4to -- 11 in Tall. 79 pp. Close to new, lightly read, no markings. Glossy stiff wraps, spine uncreased. Evidence-based medicine was just starting to emerge as a buzz term when EBRI convened this conference in 2003. Traces of the idea have been inserted into Obamacare; the impact remains to be seen. The premise is that doctors, hospitals and insurers should concentrate on providing medical services that actually help. The principle ideally prevents overmedicating, but also can be a tool of medical rationing. After all, will a heart bypass really improve the quality of life of an octogenarian? This book has about 20 brief papers exploring the subject..