Guidelines for Guidelines: Measuring Trustworthiness
A partir de recommandations de pratiques cliniqués publiées aux Etats-Unis entre 2005 et 2010 concernant les cancers du poumon, du sein, de la prostate et du côlon-rectum, cette étude évalue leur qualité en fonction du respect de critères émis par l'Institute of Medicine
As the United States finally becomes serious about controlling the costs of health care, the public needs practice standards that fairly reflect the best evidence about what works best for which patients. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) should fill this need. They are important not only because they affect outcomes for individual patients but also because they increasingly shape a large proportion of patient care—that which is straightforward and subject to standardization—through standards of practice, practice quality measures, and insurance coverage decisions...
Journal of Clinical Oncology , éditorial en libre accès, 2013