Systematic review of the methodological quality of clinical guideline development for the management of chronic disease in Europe

Health Policy

Volumn 107, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 157-167

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

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

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d DNV GL   (Norway)

^e European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies ^*  (Norway)

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

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Clinical guideline; Disease management; Europe

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA BASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EUROPE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84865992691     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.06.004     Document Type: Review

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