The state of the science and art of practice guidelines development, dissemination and evaluation in Canada

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-202

  Graham, Ian D ^a   Beardall, Susan ^b   Carter, Anne O ^c   Tetroe, Jacqueline ^b   Davies, Barbara ^d  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INFORMATION   (Canada)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Evaluation; Guideline development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTINUING EDUCATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POSTAL MAIL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

CANADA; CONSENSUS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL STAFF COMMITTEES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 0038805201     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.2003.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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