Developing clinical practice guidelines: target audiences, identifying topics for guidelines, guideline group composition and functioning and conflicts of interest

Table 1 Criteria for developing guidelines

·	High prevalence condition or high use medical procedure
·	High associated cost
·	Effects on premature mortality and avoidable morbidity
·	Evidence that medical care can make a difference in outcomes
·	Knowledge of current variations in practice, or that practice does not match some known practice parameters

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