Using socioeconomic evidence in clinical practice guidelines

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7426, 2003, Pages 1283-1285

  Aldrich, Rosemary ^a   Kemp, Lynn ^b   Williams, Jenny Stewart ^a   Harris, Elizabeth ^b   Simpson, Sarah ^b   Wilson, Amanda ^a   McGill, Katie ^a   Byles, Julie ^c   Lowe, Julia ^e   Jackson, Terri ^d  

^a Newcastle Institute of Public Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0345256347     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1283     Document Type: Review

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