A summary of the methods that the National Clinical Guideline Centre uses to produce clinical guidelines for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 752-757

  Hill, Jennifer ^a   Bullock, Ian ^a   Alderson, Phil ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXTRACTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79958145798     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-11-201106070-00007     Document Type: Article

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