P193 Adopting NICE Guidelines In Other Countries

NICE guidelines

This presentation will outline the programme of clinical practice guidelines developed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the UK. This programme consists of over 20 clinical guidelines and covers all the major mental disorders. The methodological challenges in its development will be described, including the limitations of the evidence base and some commonly ...

Health Expenditures in Developing Countries: Determinants and Guidelines

Background: In this paper, the health expenditures function of developing countries is estimated with a panel data model.  Methods: All credible determinants of health expenditures in these countries are probed and their coefficients are found out. Variables that affect health expenditures in developing countries are income, demographic features, social characteristics, and technological progr...

NICE guidelines on heart failure.

failure was issued to the NHS in England and Wales by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) in July 2003.1 Recommendations were made covering all aspects of the care pathway, from first suspicion of the diagnosis, through chronic disease management, to end-of-life issues. The guidance is timely. Heart failure is a major problem for the NHS.2 There are at least 900,000 people liv...

NICE guidelines on fever in children.

NICE guidelines on urinary incontinence in women.

SIR—We read with great interest the recent NICE guidelines on the important problem of urinary incontinence (UI) in women [1], which has a large impact on frail older people. In general nursing homes UI has been found to have a prevalence 70%, and this rises to 84% of institutionalised demented people [2, 3]. However, despite these data, we feel that this guideline is more aimed towards younger...