title: [A brief history of evidence-based medicine].
abstract: Evidence - based medicine, a fairly new subject, focusing on the perfect combination of individual clinical experience, existing best evidence available and patient value, has created a new approach and thought for clinicians and researchers. Evidence - based medicine has promoted the transition of health care. The definition and development of evidence - based medicine in China and the world as a whole are reviewed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Chinese Evidence - Based - medicine/cochrane Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041.
authors.forename: Mingming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Youping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D010686:Philosophy, Medical / Q000266:history*; D019366:Western World / Q000266:history*