German medical groups to issue joint guidelines
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Germany's leading doctors groups and medical associations have signed a co-operative agreement to create guidelines to standardise patient care. The move is seen as an attempt to pre-empt the establishment of guidelines that may arise in view of the worsening health economic situation. Doctors believe that the healthcare deficit could make healthcare provision a purely economics-based issue rather than one based on quality of care.