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The NIH Consensus Development Program: The Evolution of Guidelines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

John H. Ferguson
John H. Ferguson
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U.S. National Institutes of Health
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Abstract

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Program (CDP) Guidelines have undergone some modifications over the program's 18-year history. They have never been published in archival form. This article reviews the evolution of the NIH CDP Guidelines and then presents the complete 1995 version.

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General Essays
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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , Summer 1996 , pp. 460 - 474
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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