Are guidelines following guidelines?. The methodological quality of clinical practice guidelines in the peer-reviewed medical literature

JAMA

Volumn 281, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 1900-1905

  Shaneyfelt, Terrence M ^a,b,c   Mayo Smith, Michael F ^a,b   Rothwangl, Johann ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Manchester VA Medical Center   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

EID: 0033606238     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.281.20.1900     Document Type: Article

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