title: NICE: guessing is not guidance. National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
abstract: A preliminary assessment of the extent to which the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has achieved its goals within cardiovascular medicine is presented. NICE is a government sponsored agency operating in the UK which attempts to assess the value of medical therapies, devices, and surgery for a wide range of medical and surgical problems. Its recommendations determine whether a particular therapy can be adopted in the National Health Service.
authors: National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, Imperial College, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, UK. p.poole-wilson@ic.ac.uk
authors: P A
authors: PA
authors: Poole-Wilson
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000628:therapy; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000188:drug therapy; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000592:standards; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D015607:Stents; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex