Developing clinical guidelines.
The methods of guideline development should ensure that treating patients according to guidelines will achieve the outcomes that are desired. This article presents a combination of the literature about guideline development and the results of our combined experience in guideline development in North America and Britain. It considers the 5 steps in the initial development of an evidence-based guideline.
Shekelle
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West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center (111G), 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90073.
Woolf
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Eccles
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Grimshaw
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