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Clinical Practice Guidelines Directions for a New Program (1990) / Chapter Skim
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... Meticulous documentation of the evidence and rationales for guidelines will make this dete~ination easier. EXPECTATIONS FOR PRACTICE GUIDELINES Today the field of guidelines development is a confusing mix of high expectations, competing organizations, conflicting philosophies, and illdefined or incompatible objectives.
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... A further questionable expectation, which is sometimes explicit but often unstated, is that practice guidelines will help control health care costs.
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