Protection against the overuse and underuse of health care – methodological considerations for establishing prioritization criteria and recommendations in general practice

Table 1 Number of guideline recommendations extracted and prioritized by guideline panel and naive panel

	Clinical guideline	Extracted recommendations	Recommendations prioritized by guideline panel and naive panel
DEGAM	Cough	16	11
	Chest pain	24	9
	Sore throat	58	11
	Fatigue	34	16
	Rhinosinusitis	15	1
	Total	147	48
NVL	Diabetes – treatment	39	5
	Diabetic neuropathy	120	5
	Diabetic nephropathy	63	4
	Diabetic foot	40	11
	Diabetes – patient education	32	3
	COPD	39	6
	Asthma	93	7
	Back pain	93	11
	Chronic congestive heart failure	116	25
	Total	635	77

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