What is Evidence Based Practice

Question 2. What is overused in the healthcare system in Australia and why? Medical services overuse is brought about by poor guidelines and improper qualification of medical personnel who overexploit medicines and test services that are meant for patient benefit; this is by recommending unnecessary medicine and tests for the patient, therefore, increasing medical costs and patient harm. To reduce overuse, doctors should provide evidence based services, by recommending only necessary tests while prescribing the exact drugs instead of speculating. Question 3. What is the percentage of young Australians prevalence of mental disorders in 2007. Provision of funding for healthcare in 2014-15 Australian budget. What happened? Why? The aim was to reduce costs by about $10 billion. The saved money was forwarded into “future fund” that will propagate medical research.