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International Journal for Quality in Health Care 15:359-360 (2003)
© 2003 International Society for Quality in Health Care

Letter to the Editor

Confusion about the concept of clinical practice guidelines in Japan: on the way to a social consensus

Takeo Nakayama, Brian Budgell and Kiichiro Tsutani

Department of Medical Systems Informatics, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan E-mail: nakayama@pbh.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp
College of Medical Technology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Department of Pharmacoeconomics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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To the Editor: In Japan, the first governmental report on health technology assessment (HTA) officially introduced evidence-based medicine (EBM) in 1997 [1], followed in 1999 by the second report, referring to the need to develop evidence-based clinical practice guidelines [2]. The Ministry of Health and Welfare established priorities for . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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