Most people are surprised to learn that rigorous application of formal rules of evidence to evaluate medical research and decide on the best treatments is a recent phenomenon. They might be just as surprised to learn that health policy is not yet subject to the same approach.
绝大多数人在听说最近在评估医学研究和决定最佳疗法上严格运用证据的形式规则时都感到很惊讶。也许当他们听说医疗卫生政策并不运用同样的方法时同样会感到很惊讶。