High methodologic quality but poor applicability: Assessment of the AAOS guidelines using the AGREE II instrument

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 472, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1982-1988

  Sabharwal, Sanjeeve ^a   Patel, Nirav K ^a   Gauher, Salman ^b   Holloway, Ian ^b   Athansiou, Thanos ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; ORTHOPEDICS; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLICY MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84901273215     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3530-0     Document Type: Article

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