title: Guidelines for medical practice: necessary but not sufficient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Sox
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000191:economics; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000191:economics*; D006285:Health Planning; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006801:Humans; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000592:standards*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D011366:Professional Review Organizations; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States