Question

Practice guidelines: a. May contain systematically developed recommendations, strategies, or other information to assist health care decision-making in specific clinical circumstances. b. May have been produced by a relevant professional organization (e.g., medical specialty society, government agency, health care organization, or health plan). c. Always include information about the costs of alterative treatments. d. All of the above. e. A. and B. only

Answer 1

Option E.

Practice guidelines may contain systematically developed recommendations, strategies, or other information to assist health care decision-making in specific clinical circumstances and May have been produced by a relevant professional organization (e.g., medical specialty society, government agency, health care organization, or health plan.

It may not include information about the costs of alternative treatments. In some cases cost of alternative treatments is given while in some cases it is not. Thus, it does not always include information about the costs of alternative treatments.