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... Thus, one tactic developers of guidelines and review criteria should use to maximize reliability is to avoid such terms unless precise definitions are provided. CLINICAL APPLICABILITY Because of the considerable resources and opportunity costs involved in developing practice guidelines, guidelines should be written to cover as inclusive a patient population as possible, consistent with knowledge about critical clinical and sociodemographic factors relevant for the condition or technology in question.
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