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Abstract
SUMMARY: The use of evidence has become a force in American medicine to improve the quality of health care. Funding decisions from payers will demand studies with high-level evidence to support many of the costly interventions in medicine. Plastic surgery is certainly not immune to this national tidal wave to revamp the health care system by embracing evidence-based medicine in our practices. In scientific contributions of plastic surgery research, application of evidence-based principles should enhance the care of all patients by relying on science rather than opinions. In this article, the genesis of evidence-based medicine is discussed to guide plastic surgery in this new revolution in American medicine.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19116577 PMCID: PMC4408531 DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181934742
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plast Reconstr Surg ISSN: 0032-1052 Impact factor: 4.730