What’s Wrong with Evidence-Based Medicine?
Every health-care system prioritizes coverage, quality, and cost β often focusing on one or two at the expense of the others. But efforts to raise quality through the application of evidence-based medicine could actually decrease the standard of care.
SEATTLE β Every health-care system balances coverage, quality, and cost β often focusing on one or two at the expense of the others. European systems, for example, tend to focus on coverage and ensure universal access to care; in the United States, by contrast, quality appears to be paramount.