Can global guidelines change health policy?

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 120-121

  Fried, M ^a   Quigley, E M M ^b   Hunt, R H ^c   Guyatt, G ^d   Anderson, B O ^e   Bjorkman, D J ^f   Farthing, M J G ^g   Fedail, S S ^h   Green Thompson, R ⁱ   Hampton, J ^j   Krabshuis, J ^k   Laine, L ^l   Horton, R ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^h Fedail Medical Center   (Sudan)

ⁱ KwaZulu Natal University   (South Africa)

^j QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^k Highland Data ^*  (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m THE LANCET   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DRUG INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 40449126407     PISSN: 17434378     EISSN: 17434386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0998     Document Type: Review

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