title: Guidelines offer bulwark against cost containment.
authors: Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
authors: J B
authors: JB
authors: Spies
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012955:Societies, Medical; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000191:economics