Individualized Guidelines: The Potential for Increasing Quality and Reducing Costs

David M. Eddy; Joshua Adler; Bradley M. Patterson; D. D. Lucas; Kurt A. Smith; Macdonald Morris

doi:10.7326/0003-4819-154-9-201105030-00008

Abstract

Use of individualized guidelines can help to increase the quality and reduce the cost of care.

Keywords

MedicineContext (archaeology)Atherosclerosis Risk in CommunitiesIntensive care medicineGuidelinePopulationBlood pressureDiseaseEmergency medicinePhysical therapyInternal medicineEnvironmental healthPathology

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Year: 2011
Type: article
Volume: 154
Issue: 9
Pages: 627-634
Citations: 138
Access: Closed

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                                    David M. Eddy, 
                                
                                    Joshua Adler, 
                                
                                    Bradley M. Patterson
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2011). 
                            Individualized Guidelines: The Potential for Increasing Quality and Reducing Costs. 
                            Annals of Internal Medicine
                            , 154
                            (9)
                            , 627-634.
                            https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-154-9-201105030-00008
                        

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DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-9-201105030-00008