Table 1 List and characteristics of analyzed guidelines for heart failure
From: Heart failure guidelines and prescribing in primary care across Europe
Country | Pub year | Authors | Dev. | Target group | No. Ref | Grading | Epidem | Etiology | Econ. relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NL | 1994 | CBO | + | Specialists | 0 | - | + | + | + |
NL | 1995 | NHG | + | GP | 191 | + | + | + | - |
France | 1996 | Individual experts | - | Specialists | 129 | + | + | + | + |
Hungary Portugal CH, UK | 1997 | Task Force of European Society of Cardiology | + | All physicians* | 69 | + | + | + | + |
Italy | 1997 | Task force in collaboration with society of non-hospital-cardiologists, SIC | + | Specialists | 120 | + | + | + | - |
CZ | 1998 | Czech Society of Cardiology | GP | 30 | - | + | + | - | |
D | 1998 | Medical Commission of the physician associations (AkdA) | + | GP | 66 | + | + | + | - |
D | 1998 | German Society of Cardiology, DGK | - | Specialists | 213 | + | + | + | - |
Italy | 1998 | ANMCO (Cardiol. Society) and SIMG (GP-society) | - | GP | 0 | - | - | - | - |
Scotland | 1998 | SIGN (Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network) | + | Not specified | 211 | + | + | + | + |
Sweden | 1998 | SOS (National Board of Health and Welfare) | + | All physicians | 0 | - | + | + | - |
Spain | 1999 | Working Group for HF of the Spanish Soc. of Cardiology | + | GP and specialists | 113 | + | + | + | + |
Sweden | 2000 | MPA (Medical Product Agency) | Physicians other than cardiologists | 0 | + | + | + | + | |
Russia | 2001 | Ju. N. Belenkow, Scientific Research Institute of Cardiology, Ministry of Health, Moscou | - | Not specified | 0 | - | + | + | + |
CH | 2002 | Working group on HF of the Swiss society of cardiology | + | Not specified | 24 | + | + | + | + |
Total (n = 15) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 8 | ||