Hopefully EBM means economics based medicine, not the mere estimation of
clinical effectiveness?
As we teach in economics 101this side of the pond, what is clinically
effective may not be cost effective but what is cost effective is always
clinically effective
Alan M
Adam Oliver wrote:
>
> The attached dovetails quite nicely with the article by Groopman that
> I sent around earlier this week. Incidentally, I thought the first
> two-thirds of the Groopman paper are well worth reading. I think he
> gets a bit lost in his consideration of costs, but I think he does
> raise an interesting point that HTA agencies perhaps haven’t
> sufficiently picked up – i.e. that they should focus their energies on
> the ‘mechanical’ aspects of health care delivery where we are fairly
> sure that there are good and bad ways of doing things, and devote less
> attention to aspects of health care delivery that are more of an ‘art’
> (so to speak), where the ‘correct’ delivery will vary much across
> individual patients. This may of course also help to circumvent much
> physician reluctance to take note of EBM.
>
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> *From:* The European Health Policy Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> *On Behalf Of *Carlos Gouveia Pinto
> *Sent:* 09 April 2010 10:11
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Importance of medical education on costs
>
> Dear all,
>
> An excellent article on the importance of educating doctors on taking
> costs of care into account in decision-making.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Carlos
>
>
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> On Apr 5, 2010, at 11:59 AM, Carlos Gouveia Pinto wrote:
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>> Caríssim@s,
>> Já não há pachorra para a demagogia e a desonestidade intelectual
>> (mesmo de fontes supostamente “isentas”) que destilam das análises à
>> reforma Obama do “sistema de saúde” dos EUA. Fazem de nós ignorantes.
>> Já agora (para quem não conhece) Uwe Reinhardt é um dos mais
>> reputados economistas da saúde da actualidade e está longe de ser um
>> socialista…
>> Abraços,
>> CGP
>> <RAMPELL OBAMACARE AND WEALTH APRIL 2010.pdf>
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