Assessing equity in clinical practice guidelines

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 540-546

  Dans, Antonio Miguel ^a   Dans, Leonila ^b   Oxman, Andrew David ^c   Robinson, Vivian ^d   Acuin, Joselito ^e   Tugwell, Peter ^d   Dennis, Rodolfo ^f   Kang, Deying ^g  

^a PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^c Norwegian Health Services Research Centre   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e De la Salle University Medical Center   (Philippines)

^f PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^g SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guideline; Developing countries; Effectiveness; Equity; Inequity; Knowledgment management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHILIPPINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247560528     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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