The Clinical Practice Guidelines and Health Care Efficiency
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Keywords
Practice Guidelines as Topic, Delivery of Health Care, Efficiency
Abstract
The clinical practice guidelines are of invaluable aid: among others benefits, help to the professional and the patient to make better decisions; in the health system they provide directed lines to accredit the attention.
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