Value-based medicine: concepts and application.
- Author:
Jong Myon BAE
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- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Evidence-based medicine; Evidence-based practice; Quality of life; Value of life; Decision support techniques
- MeSH: Cost-Benefit Analysis; Decision Support Techniques; Delivery of Health Care; Evidence-Based Medicine; Evidence-Based Practice; Humans; Patient Care; Patient Preference; Patient-Centered Care; Quality of Health Care; Quality of Life; Value of Life
- From:Epidemiology and Health 2015;37(1):e2015014-
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Global healthcare in the 21st century is characterized by evidence-based medicine (EBM), patient-centered care, and cost effectiveness. EBM involves clinical decisions being made by integrating patient preference with medical treatment evidence and physician experiences. The Center for Value-Based Medicine suggested value-based medicine (VBM) as the practice of medicine based upon the patient-perceived value conferred by an intervention. VBM starts with the best evidence-based data and converts it to patient value-based data, so that it allows clinicians to deliver higher quality patient care than EBM alone. The final goals of VBM are improving quality of healthcare and using healthcare resources efficiently. This paper introduces the concepts and application of VBM and suggests some strategies for promoting related research.
