1991
Guidelines to shape clinical practice. The role of medical societies: The Dutch experience on comparison with recent developments in the American approach
Publication
Publication
Health Policy , Volume 18 - Issue 3 p. 251- 259
Abstract
In the last few years there has been a growing interest in the development of guidelines for care. The most important aim of these guidelines is to improve the quality of care by changing the daily practice of physicians in the desired direction. Therefore besides the scientific basis of guidelines, emphasis should be placed on the implementation of guidelines. Experiences in the Netherlands, where medical societies contribute significantly to the procedure of consensus guidelines development, are described in comparison with new ideas in the U.S.A. regarding criteria setting. Involvement of physician organisations to the development procedure is a necessary requirement for guidelines to shape clinical practice. Furthermore, some interventions used in The Netherlands for improving implementation of guidelines in daily practice are mentioned.
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doi.org/10.1016/0168-8510(91)90026-T, hdl.handle.net/1765/57829 | |
Health Policy | |
Organisation | Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM) |
Casparie, A. (1991). Guidelines to shape clinical practice. The role of medical societies: The Dutch experience on comparison with recent developments in the American approach. Health Policy (Vol. 18, pp. 251–259). doi:10.1016/0168-8510(91)90026-T |