Are clinical practice guidelines valid for primary care?

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 949-954

  Graham, Robin P ^a   James, Paul A ^b   Cowan, Timothy M ^b  

^a Off Research Devmt Dept Fam M   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biases; Clinical practice guidelines; Generalizability; Measurability; Primary care; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE;

HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033826174     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00224-3     Document Type: Article

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