How equity is addressed in clinical practice guidelines: a content analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Considering equity into guidelines presents methodological challenges. This study aims to qualitatively synthesise the methods for incorporating equity in clinical practice guidelines (CPGs).

Setting

Content analysis of methodological publications.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

Methodological publications were included if they provided checklists/frameworks on when, how and to what extent equity should be incorporated in CPGs.

Data sources

We electronically searched MEDLINE, retrieved references, and browsed guideline development organisation websites from inception to January 2013. After study selection by two authors, general characteristics and checklists items/framework components from included studies were extracted. Based on the qu

SUBMITTER: Shi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4265087 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature