Mediocre Evidence Behind Many Primary Care Decisions

Research-based evidence to help primary care physicians make decisions seems to be hard to come by, according to research from the University of Georgia. Researchers, led by Mark Ebell, epidemiology professor at UGA’s College of Public Health, analyzed 721 topics from an online medical reference for generalists and found that only 18% of the clinical recommendations were based on high-quality, patient-oriented evidence.