How Often Are Ineffective Interventions Still Used in Clinical Practice? A Cross-Sectional Survey of 6,272 Clinicians in China

• Xiao-Min Luo,

  Affiliations Center for Evidence Based Medicine, Peking University Health Science Centre, Peking University, Beijing, China, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Centre, Peking University, Beijing, China

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• Jin-Ling Tang ,

  * E-mail: jltang@cuhk.edu.hk

  Affiliations Center for Evidence Based Medicine, Peking University Health Science Centre, Peking University, Beijing, China, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

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• Yong-Hua Hu,

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Centre, Peking University, Beijing, China

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• Li-Ming Li,

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Centre, Peking University, Beijing, China

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• Yan-Ling Wang,

  Affiliation Center for Evidence Based Medicine, Peking University Health Science Centre, Peking University, Beijing, China

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• Wei-Zhong Wang,

  Affiliation Institute of Pathogen Biology, The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

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• Li Yang,

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China

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• Xiao-hui Ouyang,

  Affiliation Inner Mongolia Medical College, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China

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• Guang-cai Duan

  Affiliation Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan Province, China

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