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11229840

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-20
pubmed:abstractText
There is growing pressure to demonstrate the value of practice guidelines. We have reviewed the evidence that guidelines for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) change current practices and that the standardization of practices reduces costs and/or improves outcome. The most obvious barrier to implementation of the guidelines is lack of knowledge about their content; equally important are the attitudes and behavior of professionals, patients, and their caregivers. Guidelines may improve the outcome of CAP, provided that there is an association between variations in outcome and some specific processes of care. Conversely, when there is no such relationship, guidelines may reduce the cost of care without having an adverse effect on outcome. The cost-effectiveness of CAP guidelines in an individual hospital depends on the systems that are available to identify patients with CAP and to measure the processes of care. There is good evidence that following the recommendations of the CAP guidelines does improve the cost-effectiveness of care and, therefore, that an audit of CAP may be worth the effort.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1058-4838
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
728-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Do guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia improve the cost-effectiveness of hospital care?
pubmed:affiliation
Infection and Immunodeficiency Unit, Tayside University Hospitals, National Health Service Trust, Dundee DD3 8EA, United Kingdom. nathwani@globalnet.co.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review