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EDITOR—Wailoo et al highlight a fundamental challenge that the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) faces on a daily basis.1 The government established NICE not only to advise the NHS on the quality of care that individual patients could expect (in terms of appropriateness and effectiveness) but also to address the other important dimensions of healthcare quality (equity, fairness, and efficiency) that society expects. We agree that being required to address both …
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- 2004
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- letter
- Volume
- 329
- Issue
- 7465
- Pages
- 571.1-571.1
- Citations
- 189
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Peter Littlejohns,
Gillian Leng,
Tony Culyer
et al.
(2004).
NICE clinical guidelines: Maybe health economists should participate in guideline development.
BMJ
, 329
(7465)
, 571.1-571.1.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.329.7465.571
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- 10.1136/bmj.329.7465.571