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From page 60...
... These elements are listed below: Projected health outcomes Projected costs Relationship between the evidence and the guidelines Preference for empirical evidence over expert judgment Thorough literature review Methods used to evaluate the scientific literature Strength of the evidence Use of expert judgment Strength of expert consensus Independent review Pretesting. PROJECTED HEALTH OUTCOMES A key reason for developing and using practice guidelines is the expectation that they will improve health outcomes.
From page 61...
... In addition, in cases in which patient preferences about different risks and benefits may differ, practice guidelines will need tO be sensitive to such variation, and a comprehensive statement of net effects may have to be omitted (Mulley, 1990~. In any event, a systematic effort should be made to provide practitioners, patients, and others with information that will help them make their own judgments of the balance of benefits and risks.


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