title: What is the evidence status of Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC)? Insight from a matching exercise with the guidelines for echocardiography.
abstract: There is interest in adapting the American Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for transthoracic echocardiography to Australian practice. We matched 90 of 98 AUC with the guidelines (53 appropriate, 12 sometimes appropriate, 25 rarely appropriate), but eight lacked any match. Among the matched criteria, 76 (82%) indications were concordant with the guidelines. A stronger evidence base would be desirable to settle these discrepancies before Australian adoption of AUC.
authors.affiliation: Menzies Institute for Medical Research, Hobart, Australia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.affiliation: Menzies Institute for Medical Research, Hobart, Australia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Negishi
authors.affiliation: Menzies Institute for Medical Research, Hobart, Australia.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Marwick
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014600:Utilization Review
keywords: appropriate use criterion; echocardiography; guideline