Caring for the Individual Patient: Understanding Heterogeneous Treatment Effects

by The Learning Health System Series and National Academy of Medicine

Evidence-based medicine arose from a clear need and represents a major advance in the science of clinical decision making. Despite broad acceptance of evidence-based medicine, however, a fundamental issue remains unresolved: evidence is derived from groups of people, yet medical decisions are made by and for individuals. Despite persistent assertions from clinicians that determining the best therapy for each patient is a more complicated endeavor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309705185
• ISBN13: 9780309705189
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 120 Pages