2020 Volume 20 Issue 2 Pages 19-31
Evidence-based policymaking (EBPM) has its origins in evidence-based medicine (EBM). Policymaking is believed to be separate from healthcare, where evidence is created and used in an ideal setting. However, even in healthcare, medical providers are not able to make decisions based only on evidence. Additionally, they face the issue of the evidence-practice gap.
This paper distilled suggestions for EBPM based on EBM and experiences in the healthcare sector, namely, creating a definition of evidence that focuses on effectiveness, accumulating and sharing evidence, understanding the factors to be considered in decision-making, combining the application of rigorous evidence and simple performance measurement, resolving difficulties in diffusing evidence, and realizing the government’s role in developing infrastructure for EBPM.
