The methodological quality of economic evaluations of guideline implementation into clinical practice: A systematic review of empiric studies

Value in Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-316

  Hoomans, Ties ^a   Evers, Silvia M A A ^a   Ament, André J H A ^a   Hübben, Mariette W A ^a   Van Der Weijden, Trudy ^a   Grimshaw, Jeremy M ^b   Severens, Johan L ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Economic evaluation; Guideline implementation; Implementation strategies; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMPIRICISM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 34447535364     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2007.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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