Priority-based initiative for updating existing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines: The results of two iterations

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1335-1342

  Agbassi, Chika ^a,c,d   Messersmith, Hans ^a,c,d   McNair, Sheila ^a,c,d   Brouwers, Melissa ^a,b,c,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs); Evidence based guidelines; Guideline assessment; Guideline review methodology; Guideline update; Prioritization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENT ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); HEALTH CARE PLANNING; STANDARDS;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84922481659     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.06.013     Document Type: Article

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