Clinical practice guidelines in China

doi:10.1136/bmj.j5158

. 2018 Feb 5:360:j5158.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.j5158.

Clinical practice guidelines in China

Yaolong Chen^{1

2}, Chen Wang³, Hongcai Shang², Kehu Yang⁴, Susan L Norris⁵

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¹ Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China chenyaolong@lzu.edu.cn.
² Key Laboratory of Chinese Internal Medicine of Ministry of Education, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
³ National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Center for Respiratory Diseases, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
⁴ Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
⁵ Secretary, Guidelines Review Committee, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j5158

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Clinical practice guidelines in China

Yaolong Chen et al. BMJ. 2018.

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. 2018 Feb 5:360:j5158.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.j5158.

Authors

Yaolong Chen^{1

2}, Chen Wang³, Hongcai Shang², Kehu Yang⁴, Susan L Norris⁵

Affiliations

¹ Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China chenyaolong@lzu.edu.cn.
² Key Laboratory of Chinese Internal Medicine of Ministry of Education, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
³ National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Center for Respiratory Diseases, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
⁴ Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
⁵ Secretary, Guidelines Review Committee, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

PMID: 29437564
PMCID: PMC5797982
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j5158

Abstract

Yaolong Chen and coworkers analyse the situation and challenges for clinical practice guidelines in China and provide recommendations for their development and implementation.

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Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare the following interests: YC and SLN are members of GRADE working group. YC and KY are supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No 81503459, 81673825) and the open fund of the Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine and Knowledge Translation of Gansu Province (grant No EBM 1701) to conduct methodological research on clinical guideline development.

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**Fig 1**
Number of clinical practice guidelines published in Chinese medical journals between 1993 and 2016—a total of 664 guidelines. The data for 1993 to 2010 were derived from Chen et al; the data for 2011 to 2016 are unpublished and available upon request from the corresponding author

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[1] Institute of Medicine. Clinical practice guidelines we can trust. National Academies Press, 2011. 10.17226/13058 - DOI - PubMed

[2] Institute of Medicine. Clinical practice guidelines we can trust. National Academies Press, 2011. 10.17226/13058 - DOI - PubMed

[3] Hesketh T, Zhu WX. Health in China. Traditional Chinese medicine: one country, two systems. BMJ 1997;315:115-7. 10.1136/bmj.315.7100.115 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[4] Hesketh T, Zhu WX. Health in China. Traditional Chinese medicine: one country, two systems. BMJ 1997;315:115-7. 10.1136/bmj.315.7100.115 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] Chen YL, Yao L, Xiao XJ, et al. Quality assessment of clinical guidelines in China: 1993—2010. Chin Med J (Engl) 2012;125:3660-4. 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2012.20.011. - DOI - PubMed

[6] Chen YL, Yao L, Xiao XJ, et al. Quality assessment of clinical guidelines in China: 1993—2010. Chin Med J (Engl) 2012;125:3660-4. 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2012.20.011. - DOI - PubMed

[7] Jiang L, Krumholz HM, Li X, Li J, Hu S. Achieving best outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease in China by enhancing the quality of medical care and establishing a learning health-care system. Lancet 2015;386:1493-505. 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00343-8 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Jiang L, Krumholz HM, Li X, Li J, Hu S. Achieving best outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease in China by enhancing the quality of medical care and establishing a learning health-care system. Lancet 2015;386:1493-505. 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00343-8 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Zheng ZH, Cui SQ, Lu XQ, et al. Analysis of the status of Chinese clinical practice guidelines development. BMC Health Serv Res 2012;12:218. 10.1186/1472-6963-12-218 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Zheng ZH, Cui SQ, Lu XQ, et al. Analysis of the status of Chinese clinical practice guidelines development. BMC Health Serv Res 2012;12:218. 10.1186/1472-6963-12-218 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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