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. 2007 Apr;23(2):91-6.
doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.32055.

Application of evidence-based urology in improving quality of care

Arabind Panda  1 , L N Dorairajan, Santosh Kumar
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Application of evidence-based urology in improving quality of care

Arabind Panda et al. Indian J Urol. 2007 Apr.

Abstract

Evidence-based medicine requires use of the best available evidence for optimal patient care. Increasingly scarce resources and escalating demands on time have led to emphasis on effective treatment. Opinion is slowly yielding to high-quality existent evidence. It is important that urologists adapt to these changes for them to deliver optimum care to the patients. This article discusses the levels of evidence, the nature of desirable evidence, means of assessing quality of clinical trials and meta-analysis and finally the practice of evidence-based urology with special reference to bedside evidence-based urology.

Keywords: Evidence-based urology; quality of care; strength of evidence.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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