Publications

The AGREE Collaboration. Writing Group: Cluzeau FA, Burgers JS, Brouwers M, Grol R, Mäkelä M, Littlejohns P, Grimshaw J, Hunt C. Development and validation of an international appraisal instrument for assessing the quality of clinical practice guidelines: the AGREE project. Quality and Safety in Health Care 2003; 12(1): 18-23.

Burgers JS, Cluzeau FA, Hanna SE, Hunt C, Grol R, and the AGREE Collaboration. Characteristics of high quality guidelines: evaluation of 86 clinical guidelines developed in ten European countries and Canada. International Journal for Technology Assessment in Health Care 2003; 19(1): 148-157.

Burgers JS, Grol R, Klazinga NS, Mäkelä M, Zaat J, for The AGREE Collaboration. Towards evidence-based clinical practice: an international survey of 18 clinical guideline programs. International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2003; 15(1): 31-45.

Burgers JS, Bailey JV, Klazinga NS, Van der Bij AK, Grol R, Feder G, for the AGREE Collaboration. Inside guidelines: comparative analysis of recommendations and evidence in diabetes guidelines from 13 countries. Diabetes Care 2002; 25(11): 1933-1939.

Berti E, Grilli R. Linee-guida e governo clinico: come riconciliare il mezzo con il fine? Politiche Sanitarie 2002; 2:204-211.

Burgers Jako, PhD Thesis: Quality of Clinical Practice Guidelines. Nijmegen University, November 2002. ISBN 90-76316-16-3

The AGREE Collaboration. Writing Group :Thomason M, Cluzeau F, Littlejohns P. Guideline development in Europe: an international comparison. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2000. 16:4, 1036-1046

Berti E and Grilli R. Practice guidelines and clinical governance: do the means match with the end? A quality appraisal of local practice guidelines. Clinical Governance: An International Journal 8(4), 312-317. 2003.

Work presented at conferences

Promoting the rigorous development of clinical guidelines in europe through the creation of a common appraisal instrument
Second International conference on Scientific Basis of Health Services.
Amsterdam, October 1997.
Presented by Prof. Peter Littlejohns

ISQUA Conference on Quality in Health Care.
Budapest, October 1998.
Presented by Prof. Peter Littlejohns

The identification and reconciliation of differences between clinical guidelines in Europe
European Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care,
Stockholm, May 1999.
Presented by Dr. Margaret Thomason.

Validating clinical guidelines: The development of a European Appraisal instrument (EUCAIG)
International Society for Technology Assessment in Health Care,
Edinburgh, June 1999.
Presented by Dr. Albert Jovell.

Understanding the reasons for differences in guideline recommendations and their clinical and resource implications
Third International Conference on the Scientific Basis of Health Services.
Toronto, October 1-3, 1999.
Presented by Dr. Françoise Cluzeau

Assessing the quality of clinical guidelines internationally: Development and initial testing of the AGREE Instrument
6th European Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care.
Bologna, 29-31 March 2001.
Poster presented by Claire McNally

Several projects from the AGREE Collaboration were presented at the International Society for Technology Assessment in Health Care (ISTAHC), Philadelphia, 3-6 June 2001:

• AGREE Instrument. Description & testing
  Dr. Françoise Cluzeau
• Comparison of guideline development models
  Dr. Jako Burguers
• Content analysis of guidelines
  Prof. Gene Feder
• Appraisal of individual recommendations
  Prof. Günter Ollenschläger
• Guideline development: a multidimensional process
  Dr. Melissa Brouwers

Clinical Practice Guidelines 2002
Satellite Symposium of ISTAHC 2002
Berlin, June 7-8, 2002

Several projects from the AGREE Collaboration were presented at the 19th International Conference of the International Society for Quality in Health Care, Paris, November 5-8, 2002:

• Criteria for clinical guidelines (AGREE Project)
  Workshop presented by Dr. Françoise Cluzeau and Dr. Jako Burgers
• Criteria for clinical guidelines (AGREE Project) - French language
  Workshop presented by Dr. Françoise Cluzeau, Dr. Pierre Durieux, Prof. Bernard Burnand, Dr. Beatrice Fervers, dr. N. Mika-Cabane, Dr. Ann Bataillard
• Characteristics of high quality guidelines: evaluation of 86 clinical guidelines developed in ten European countries and Canada.
  Poster presented by Dr. Jako Burgers

The AGREE / G-I-N International Meeting
Friday 14th - Saturday 15th November 2003
Edinburgh, Scotland

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