The evolving story of guidelines and health care: Does being NICE help?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 269-271

  Peterson, Pamela N ^a   Rumsfeld, John S ^b  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 80051624687     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-155-4-201108160-00013     Document Type: Editorial

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