Clinical guidelines in the European Union: Mapping the regulatory basis, development, quality control, implementation and evaluation across member states

Health Policy

Volumn 107, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 146-156

  Legido Quigley, Helena ^a   Panteli, Dimitra ^b   Brusamento, Serena ^c   Knai, Cécile ^a   Saliba, Vanessa ^a   Turk, Eva ^d,e   Solé, Meritxell ^f   Augustin, Uta ^b   Car, Josip ^c,g   McKee, Martin ^a,h   Busse, Reinhard ^b,h  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^e DNV GL   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic conditions; Clinical guidelines; Development; Europe; Evaluation; Implementation

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEGAL ASPECT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPEAN UNION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84865960790     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.08.004     Document Type: Review

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