Use whatever you can to promote EBPM

Abstract

Evidence Based Policy Making (EBPM) has been attracting attention for policymaking in Japan. In order to realize EBPM, it is essential to have data as evidence. However, itis costly to collect such data, and it is difficult to design data and analysis to determine what kindof data is best. we cannot wait until we have enough usable data to implement EBPM. Therefore,it is necessary to combine empirical research methods such as quasi-experiments and theoreticalresearch such as Agent Based Simulation (ABS), and to develop a method to analyze the data.In this paper, we will discuss the concept and how it can be applied to the analysis of EBPMeven when sufficient data is not available. This paper presents the concept and the results of theanalysis using a prefectural dental health ordinance as a case study.