Clinical guidelines in the European Union: Mapping the regulatory basis, development, quality control, implementation and evaluation across member states

Helena Legido-Quigley, Dimitra Panteli, Serena Brusamento, Cécile Knai, Vanessa Saliba, Eva Turk, Meritxell Solé, Uta Augustin, Josip Car, Martin McKee and Reinhard Busse

Health Policy, 2012, vol. 107, issue 2, 146-156

Abstract: Clinical guidelines are advocated to improve the quality of care, especially for chronic diseases. However, the regulatory basis of clinical guidelines, their development, quality control, implementation and use as well as evaluation within countries across the European Union is not systematically known.

Keywords: Clinical guidelines; Europe; Implementation; Development; Evaluation; Chronic conditions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.08.004

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