Evidence-Based Decision Making in Health Care Settings: From Theory to Practice

Melanie Kazman Kohn; Whitney Berta; Ann Langley; David Davis

doi:10.1108/S1474-8231(2011)0000011012

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Evidence-Based Decision Making in Health Care Settings: From Theory to Practice

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Title:	Evidence-Based Decision Making in Health Care Settings: From Theory to Practice
Author(s):	Melanie Kazman Kohn, Whitney Berta, Ann Langley, David Davis
Volume:	11 Editor(s): John D. Blair, Myron D. Fottler ISBN: 978-0-85724-713-1 eISBN: 978-0-85724-714-8
Citation:	Melanie Kazman Kohn, Whitney Berta, Ann Langley, David Davis (2011), Evidence-Based Decision Making in Health Care Settings: From Theory to Practice, in John D. Blair, Myron D. Fottler (ed.) Biennial Review of Health Care Management (Advances in Health Care Management, Volume 11), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.215-234
DOI:	10.1108/S1474-8231(2011)0000011012 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Article type:	Chapter Item
Abstract:	The relatively recent attention that evidence-based decision making has received in health care management has been at least in part due to the profound influence of evidence-based medicine. The result has been several comparisons in the literature between the use of evidence in health care management decisions and the use of evidence in medical decision making. Direct comparison, however, may be problematic, given the differences between medicine and management as they relate to (1) the nature of evidence that is brought to bear on decision making; (2) the maturity of empirical research in each field (in particular, studies that have substantiated whether or not and how evidence-based decision making is enacted); and (3) the context within which evidence-based decisions are made. By simultaneously reviewing evidence-based medicine and management, this chapter aims to inform future theorizing and empirical research on evidence-based decision making in health care settings.