Can 'Cascades' make guidelines global?

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 874-879

  Fried, Michael ^a   Krabshuis, Justus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Highland Data ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Evidence based medicine; Gastroenterology; Guideline adherence; Practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; TERLIPRESSIN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANGIOGRAPHY; CANCER SCREENING; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DECISION MAKING; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIGATION; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; CANADA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LITHUANIA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SUDAN; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 55349090322     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.01044.x     Document Type: Review

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