Evidence-Based Practice: Toward Optimizing Clinical Outcomes
Health care is witnessing an explosion of fundamental, clinical and translational research evidence. The emerging paradigm of evidence-based health care rests on the judicious integration of the patient needs/wants, the provider's expertise, and the best
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Francesco Chiappelli (Editor) Xenia Maria Caldeira Brant Negoita Neagos Oluwadayo O. Oluwadara Manisha Harish Ramchandani (Co-Editors)
Evidence-Based Practice: Toward Optimizing Clinical Outcomes
Prof. Dr. Francesco Chiappelli ADA Champion, Evidence-Based Dentistry Divisions of Oral Biology and Medicine and Associated Clinical Specialties (Joint) University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry Divisions of Oral Biology and Medicine Los Angeles, CA 90095-1668 USA [email protected] Prof. Dr. Xenia Maria Caldeira Brant Rua Aimorés 2480/609 Belo Horizonte-MG Brazil [email protected]
Dr. Oluwadayo O. Oluwadara University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry Divisions of Oral Biology and Medicine Los Angeles, CA 90095-1668 USA [email protected] Dr. Manisha Harish Ramchandani University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry Divisions of Oral Biology and Medicine Los Angeles, CA 90095-1668 USA [email protected]
Dr. Negoita Neagos University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry Divisions of Oral Biology and Medicine Los Angeles, CA 90095-1668 USA [email protected]
ISBN: 978-3-642-05024-4 e-ISBN: 978-3-642-05025-1 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-05025-1 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010923771 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 Chapter 13 is published with kind permission of © John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 2009. All Rights Reserved. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Cover design: eStudio Calamar, Figueres/Berlin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Health Care: Implications and Directions for the Future In the current political climate, health care is in crisis with no conceivable, long-term solution. Its future portends a shortage of primary care physicians with an estimated 50 million new patients needing basic health care [1]. It is expected that in the next decade 40,000
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