Validity of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality clinical practice guidelines: how quickly do guidelines become outdated?

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Summary

To assess the current validity of 17 clinical practice guidelines published by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) that are still in circulation, and to estimate how quickly guidelines become obsolete, criteria for defining when a guideline needs updating are developed.

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Published
2001-09-26
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Health care, Agency (philosophy), Quality (philosophy), Nursing, Medicine

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