Hu T W, Stotts N A, Fogarty T E, Bergstrom N
Decubitus. 1993 Mar;6(2):42-6.
One of the goals of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) is to improve the quality of medical care by developing and disseminating clinical practice guidelines. One indication of the effectiveness of a clinical guideline is the relationship between the costs of current practice and the costs of using the guideline. Using four model cases of patients at high risk for pressure ulcers, the costs of implementing the appropriate prevention and treatment procedures for each model were identified and compared to current practice costs. On the average, the overall cost of implementing the guideline is not much different from that of current practice.
医疗保健政策与研究机构（AHCPR）的目标之一是通过制定和传播临床实践指南来提高医疗质量。临床指南有效性的一个指标是当前实践成本与使用该指南的成本之间的关系。使用四个压疮高危患者的模型案例，确定了为每个模型实施适当预防和治疗程序的成本，并与当前实践成本进行了比较。平均而言，实施该指南的总体成本与当前实践成本相差不大。
