Zeitschrift für ärztliche Fortbildung und Qualitätssicherung
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Z Arztl Fortbild Qualitatssich · May 1998
Review[Medical guidelines in Germany--current status and future developments].
Medical guidelines are considered more and more as a meaningful and necessary tool ensuring a high quality of medical care. However, some doubts were recently mentioned concerning the quality of German guidelines. ⋯ Additionally, a "clearing-procedure for guidelines" and recommendations for the development of evidence-based guidelines were introduced. Background and content of these evaluation tools are reported in this article.