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From the Editor

The New Imperative: Producing Better Evidence John K. Iglehart [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

History & Context

PROLOGUE: Evidence-Based Medicine: History And Context [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Evidence-Based Medicine: A Unified Approach David M. Eddy [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Bibliography] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Promises And Pitfalls Of Evidence-Based Medicine Stefan Timmermans and Aaron Mauck [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Evidence, Politics, And Technological Change Annetine C. Gelijns, Lawrence D. Brown, Corey Magnell, Elettra Ronchi, and Alan J. Moskowitz [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Erratum] [Reprints & Permissions]

Case Studies

PROLOGUE: Evidence-Based Medicine Case Studies [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Evidence-Based Medicine And Policy: The Case Of The Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Mark A. Hlatky, Gillian D. Sanders, and Douglas K. Owens [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: An Excellent Case Study Marshall S. Stanton [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Evidence, Economics, And Emphysema: Medicare’s Long Journey With Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Scott D. Ramsey and Sean D. Sullivan [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Surrogate Endpoints And FDA’s Accelerated Approval Process Thomas R. Fleming [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Evaluating Evidence

PROLOGUE: Evaluating Evidence [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Evidence Based? Caveat Emptor! Earl P. Steinberg and Bryan R. Luce [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

When Is Evidence Sufficient? Karl Claxton, Joshua T. Cohen, and Peter J. Neumann [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Making Policy When The Evidence Is In Dispute David Atkins, Joanna Siegel, and Jean Slutsky [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Evidence Of Evidence-Based Health Policy: The Politics Of Systematic Reviews In Coverage Decisions Daniel M. Fox [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Using Evidence Reports: Progress And Challenges In Evidence-Based Decision Making Mark Helfand [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Comparative Effectiveness: Asking The Right Questions, Choosing The Right Method Steven M. Teutsch, Marc L. Berger, and Milton C. Weinstein [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Evidence-Based Medicine In The United States—De Rigueur Or Dream Deferred? Dan Mendelson and Tanisha V. Carino [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Implementing Evidence

PROLOGUE: Implementing Evidence [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Evidence-Based Quality Improvement: The State Of The Science Kaveh G. Shojania and Jeremy M. Grimshaw [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Evidence-Based Decision Making: Global Evidence, Local Decisions Carolyn M. Clancy and Kelly Cronin [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Evidence-Based Practice As Mental Health Policy: Three Controversies And A Caveat Sandra J. Tanenbaum [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Evidence-Based Guidelines As a Foundation For Performance Incentives Alan M. Garber [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: A Clinical Research Strategy To Support Shared Decision Making Sean R. Tunis [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

TRENDS: Health Spending Growth Slows In 2003 Cynthia Smith, Cathy Cowan, Art Sensenig, Aaron Catlin, and the Health Accounts Team (published online 11 January 2005) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Prescription Drugs And The Changing Patterns Of Treatment For Mental Disorders, 1996–2001 Samuel H. Zuvekas [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Medicaid Home And Community-Based Services: National Program Trends Martin Kitchener, Terence Ng, Nancy Miller, and Charlene Harrington [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibit] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: How The Expansion Of Hospital Systems Has Affected Consumers Alison Evans Cuellar and Paul J. Gertler [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: States’ Allocations Of Funds From The Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Frank A. Sloan, Jennifer S. Allsbrook, Leanne K. Madre, Leah E. Masselink, and Carrie A. Mathews [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

FROM THE FIELD: Has The Leapfrog Group Had An Impact On The Health Care Market? Robert S. Galvin, Suzanne Delbanco, Arnold Milstein, and Greg Belden [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

Tea, Biscuits, And Health Care Prioritizing Marthe R. Gold [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Here Comes Trouble Karen Roberts [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Medicare’s National Coverage Decisions, 1999–2003: Quality Of Evidence And Review Times Peter J. Neumann, Nomita Divi, Molly T. Beinfeld, Bat-Sheva Levine, Patricia Seliger Keenan, Elkan F. Halpern, and G. Scott Gazelle [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Access To Conventional Medical Care And The Use Of Complementary And Alternative Medicine José A. Pagán and Mark V. Pauly [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Avoidance Of Health Care Services Because Of Cost: Impact Of The Medicare Savings Program Alex D. Federman, Bruce C. Vladeck, and Albert L. Siu [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

REPORT: Depression In Primary Care: Bringing Behavioral Health Care Into The Mainstream Harold Alan Pincus, Jeanine Knox Houtsinger, John Bachman, and Donna Keyser [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Grants & Grant Outcomes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [GrantWatch Online-Jan 31, 2005][GrantWatch Online-Feb 22, 2005][GrantWatch Online-Feb 28, 2005] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

Publications & Reports [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

Drug Company Gifts To Physicians: Harmless Perks? Stan Jones [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Should The Pharmaceutical Industry Be A Regulated Utility? Judith L. Wagner [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Turning Point For The Health Care Blame Cycle? J.D. Kleinke [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Child Mental Health Services Rep. Henry A. Waxman and Sen. Susan Collins [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Consolidation And Premiums William Kopit [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Historical Look At Variations Kerr L. White [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare And National Coverage Pamela G. Bailey [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare And National Coverage: The Authors Respond Susan Bartlett Foote [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

CareFirst’s Failed Conversion Nomita Ganguly [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Drug Spending Kathleen D. Jaeger [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Drug Spending: Author’s Response Cynthia Smith [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Errata

Errata [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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