Updating clinical practice recommendations: Is it worthwhile and when?

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-35

  Lyratzopoulos, Georgios ^a   Barnes, Steven ^a   Stegenga, Heather ^a   Peden, Suzi ^a   Campbell, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Guidelines; Interventional; NICE; Obsolescence; Out of date; Outdated; Procedures; Updating

Indexed keywords

GUIDELINES; INTERVENTIONAL; NICE; OUT-OF-DATE; OUTDATED; PROCEDURES; UPDATING;

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE;

OBSOLESCENCE;

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EFFICIENCY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859047469     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462311000675     Document Type: Review

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