Background. Despite clinical guidelines penetrating every aspect of clinical practice and
health policy, doubts persist over their ability to improve patient care. We have designed and …

India is at crossroads with a commitment by the government to universal health coverage (UHC),
driving efficiency and tackling waste across the public healthcare sector. Health …

Purpose To describe the quality of oncology guidelines developed in different countries.
Methods The Appraisal of Guidelines and Research and Evaluation (AGREE) Instrument was …

Objectives: To identify predictors of high-quality clinical practice guidelines.Methods: A total
of 86 guidelines from 11 countries were assessed by four independent appraisers per …

Over recent decades, the number of available clinical practice guidelines has grown enormously.
These guidelines are increasingly used in health-care systems throughout the world to …

Article-at-a-Glance Background Clinical guidelines are pervading all aspects of health care.
Their potential benefits are vast–from decreasing unjustified variation in treatment, to …

India’s rapid economic growth has been accompanied by slower improvements in population
health. Given the need to reconcile the ambitious goal of achieving Universal Coverage …

… Francoise Cluzeau was a member of the research team that designed the AGREE II
instrument. The other authors declare that they do not have any competing interests. …

The Indian government has already taken measures to develop evidence-based clinical
pathways, which are powerful levers for driving improvements in data capture and can …

The article discusses the process and benefits of optimizing the quality of the British
national guidelines on sexually transmitted infections and closely related conditions. The …