[Evidence-based guidelines--what is the present situation?].
Guidelines have proven to be an important tool for improving quality of health care. Evidence-based guidelines are particularly well accepted and have a high degree of credibility based on the transparent process of their development and the explicit use of clinical patient-oriented research, on which the recommendations are based. The goal of the guidelines "Management of early rheumatoid arthritis", currently developed by an interdisciplinary working group, is to minimize out existing deficiencies in the provision of health care.
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Med. Klinik m.S. Nephrologie Charité, Schumannstr. 20/21, 10117 Berlin, Germany. regina.kunz@charite.de
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D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000592:standards*