Evaluation of guideline quality using GEM-Q

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 84, Issue , 2001, Pages 1097-1101

  Agrawal, Abha ^a   Shiffman, Richard N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Practice guideline; Quality Control; Rating Instrument

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED EVALUATION; AUTOMATED GUIDELINES; CLINICAL GUIDELINE; EVALUATION; GUIDELINE ELEMENTS MODELS; GUIDELINES QUALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY EVALUATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; EVALUATION; EXPERT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

EVALUATION STUDIES; EXPERT SYSTEMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79952410006     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-928-8-1097     Document Type: Conference Paper

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