Setting Priorities for Clinical Practice Guidelines

Marilyn J. Field, Editor; Committee on Methods for Setting Priorities for Guidelines Development, Institute of Medicine

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 Introduction; 4 Criteria for Topic Selection; 5 Procedures for Priority Setting; 6 Future Directions for Priority Setting; 7 References; 8 Appendix A: Setting Priorities for Health Technology Assessment: A Model Process Executive Summary; 9 Appendix B: Workshop on Setting Priorities for Practice Guidelines; 10 Appendix C: Methods for Setting Priorities for Guidelines Development: Medical Malpractice; 11 Appendix D: National Guidelines and Local Action: Priority-Setting for the Development of Research-Based Protocols at Intermountain Health Care; 12 Appendix E: The Development of Clinical Guidelines for Primary Care Practice: A Systems Approach; 13 Appendix F: Examples of Questionnaires for Use in Priority Setting; 14 Appendix G: Committee Biographies