The term evidence-based was first used in:
a. Canada.
b. Great Britain.
c. the United States.
d. Australia.
ANS: A
The term evidence-based was first attributed to Gordon Gyatt, a Canadian physician at McMas-ter University in 1992. Great Britain, the United States, and Australia did not use this term be-fore it was used in Canada.
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