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Consuming the evidence: consumers and evidence‐based medicine
Author(s) -
Carter Meredith,
Spink Janet D
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143590.x
Subject(s) - acknowledgement , rationing , health care , evidence based medicine , marketing , public relations , value (mathematics) , business , population , psychology , medicine , alternative medicine , political science , environmental health , computer security , pathology , machine learning , computer science , law
• Consumers have varying expectations and knowledge about evidence‐based medicine (EBM), but expect the healthcare system to offer best practice based on the latest evidence. • With the increasing power of the consumer movement, EBM has the potential to promote informed participation in health decision making by individual consumers and carers. • To more effectively incorporate consumer experiences. views and concerns into the evidence base, there needs to be greater value put on qualitative research and acknowledgement of its importance. • Consumers would like the research agenda to reflect population health needs, and for there to be more consultation about evidence‐based decisions on access to care and rationing, and greater understanding of consumers' attitudes in decisions about treatment. • Consumers want patient‐centred healthcare and therefore must be involved collaboratively in the way EBM is used by health services and health practitioners.