The updated clinical guideline development process in Estonia is an efficient method for developing evidence-based guidelines

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 132-139

  Bero, Lisa A ^a   Hill, Suzanne ^b   Habicht, Jarno ^c   Mathiesen, Mari ^d   Starkopf, Joel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c WHO Country Office in Republic of Moldova   (Moldova)

^d Estonian Health Insurance Fund   (Estonia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guideline; Estonia; Evidence based medicine; Guideline development; Low income country; Middle income country; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESTONIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84871297089     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.07.007     Document Type: Note

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