Health providers face the problem of trying to make decisions in situations where there is
insufficient information and also where there is an overload of (often contradictory) …

Studies over the past decade show that some people are receiving more care than they
need, and some are receiving less. Simple averages from a number of studies indicate that …

The concepts of appropriate and necessary care are fundamental to the creation of an
efficient and equitable health-care delivery system. Evidence of inappropriate overuse and …

This paper defines quality of health care. We suggest that there are two principal dimensions
of quality of care for individual patients; access and effectiveness. In essence, do users get …

Health providers face the problem of trying to make decisions in situations where there is
insufficient information and also where there is an overload of (often contradictory) …

Objectives Interventional endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) procedures are gaining
popularity and the most commonly performed procedures include EUS-guided drainage of …

This review examines two methodologies that are being increasingly used in health services
research (HSR): the Delphi and nominal group techniques. The Delphi is a survey technique …

Despite enormous energies invested in authoring clinical practice guidelines, the quality of
individual guidelines varies considerably. The Conference on Guideline Standardization …

Higher risk patients (including the elderly) receive more conservative therapy for
cardiovascular diseases, even though the relative benefits of therapy tend to be greater. The …

Consensus methods in prescribing research Page 1 Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and
Therapeutics (2001) 26, 5–14 RESEARCH NOTE Consensus methods in prescribing …