Journal article
Decision making about healthcare-related tests and diagnostic test strategies. Paper 4: International guidelines show variability in their approaches
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The objective of the study was to describe and compare current practices in developing guidelines about the use of healthcare-related tests and diagnostic strategies (HCTDS).
STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We sampled 37 public health and clinical practice guidelines about HCTDS from various sources without language restrictions.
Authors
Mustafa RA; Wiercioch W; Arevalo-Rodriguez I; Cheung A; Prediger B; Ivanova L; Ventresca M; Brozek J; Santesso N; Bossuyt P
Journal
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 92, , pp. 38–46
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2017
DOI
10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.09.004
ISSN
0895-4356