tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post7839226211287288269..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Cost variation = f(medical myths)Paul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-81861416635819287902008-06-06T12:19:00.000-04:002008-06-06T12:19:00.000-04:00Wider awareness of this data is long overdue. (I w...Wider awareness of this data is long overdue. (I was not aware of it myself till I first started reading this blog, helped along by the Health Care Blog. Thanks, Paul!) It is scary to think much of medical care lacks any real scientific basis, but evidence- based medicine is no panacea itself. As the inventor of the term itself observed (I cannot remember his name) - there is compilation of the evidence, and then there is interpretation of the evidence to formulate a conclusion. The latter is still problematic.<BR/><BR/>nonlocalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com