Characteristics of high-quality guidelines: Evaluation of 86 clinical guidelines developed in ten European countries and Canada

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 148-157

  Burgers, Jako S ^a   Cluzeau, Françoise A ^c   Hanna, Steven E ^b   Hunt, Claire ^c   Grol, Richard ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AGREE Collaboration ^*

Author keywords

Health policy; Practice guidelines; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

PATIENT MONITORING;

CLINICAL GUIDELINES;

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

CANADA; CONSENSUS; EUROPE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0037412516     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646230300014X     Document Type: Article

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