title: The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research guidelines: implications for home health care providers.
abstract: The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) was established in 1989 under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as a means to facilitate the development and implementation of clinical practice guidelines that are based on current research and the consensus opinion of experts within a specific area of clinical practice. This article provides a summary of the recommendations in each guideline with implications for home health care nursing practice.
authors.affiliation: University of San Francisco, CA 94117-1080, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fonteyn
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014481:United States; D016270:United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality