Abstract:
:We review two recent trends: the emergence of evidence-based medicine and the growing use of Bayesian statistics in medical applications. Evidence-based medicine requires an integrated assessment of the available evidence, and associated uncertainty, but there is also an emphasis on decision-making, for individual patients, or at other points in the health-care system. This demands consideration of the values and costs associated with potential outcomes. We argue that the natural statistical framework for evidence-based medicine is a Bayesian approach to decision-making that incorporates an integrated summary of the available evidence and associated uncertainty with assessment of utilities. We outline a practical agenda for further development.
journal_name
Stat Medjournal_title
Statistics in medicineauthors
Ashby D,Smith AFdoi
10.1002/1097-0258(20001215)19:23<3291::aid-sim627>subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-12-15 00:00:00pages
3291-305issue
23eissn
0277-6715issn
1097-0258pii
10.1002/1097-0258(20001215)19:23<3291::AID-SIM627>journal_volume
19pub_type
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