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Volume 19, Issue 2
1 April 2014
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Clinical Governance: An International Journal
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Strategies for reducing regional variation in the use of surgery

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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6038
Print ISSN: 1477-7274
Clinical Governance: An International Journal (2014) 19 (2)
https://doi.org/10.1108/CGIJ.24819baa.007

Article Type: Reviews of effectiveness From: Clinical Governance: An International Journal, Volume 19, Issue 2

Reames, B.N., Shubeck, S.P., Birkmeyer, J.D. Strategies for reducing regional variation in the use of surgery: a systematic review 2014 Vol. 259 No. 4 pp. 616-627

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The authors concluded that practice guidelines and decision aids could help surgeons to improve their clinical decision-making for individuals and populations with many clinical conditions. This conclusion appropriately reflects the evidence presented, but issues with the synthesis and reporting limit the usefulness of this review.

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