Predictors of high quality clinical practice guidelines: examples in oncology
Author(s) -
Bèatrice Fervers,
Jako Burgers,
Margaret Haugh,
Melissa Brouwers,
George P. Browman,
Françoise Cluzeau,
Thierry Philip
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal for quality in health care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.769
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1464-3677
pISSN - 1353-4505
DOI - 10.1093/intqhc/mzi011
Subject(s) - medicine , quality (philosophy) , clinical practice , medical physics , quality management , oncology , family medicine , operations management , engineering , management system , philosophy , epistemology
Clinical practice guidelines are widely used as effective tools for improving the management of patients with cancer. However, there is increasing concern about variation in guideline quality. In this study we identified predictors for high-quality guidelines in oncology.
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