Practice Guidelines: The Experience of Medical Specialty Societies

PEMD-91-11 Published: Feb 21, 1991. Publicly Released: Mar 27, 1991.

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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined medical specialty societies' methods for developing effective medical practice guidelines.

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