Developing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines: Lessons learned by the US preventive services task force

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue , 1996, Pages 511-538

  Woolf, Steven H ^a,c,d   DiGuiseppi, Carolyn G ^b,c,d   Atkins, David ^b,c,d   Kamerow, Douglas B ^b,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^c Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion   (United States)

^d US Preventive Services Task Force   (United States)

Author keywords

effectiveness; health promotion; outcomes research; practice guidelines; preventive services

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029960173     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pu.17.050196.002455     Document Type: Review

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