...Eddy makes the following point: "A practice policy is considered a standard if the health and economic consequences of an intervention are sufficiently well...to permit meaningful decisions and there is virtual •| ra '° unanimity among patients about the desirability (or undesirability) of the intervention,...

...therapy. Standard: the least flexible of the three levels. The outcomes of the alternative interventions are sufficiently well known to permit meaningful decisions and there is virtual unanimity about which intervention is preferred. Guideline: intermediate flexibility of the three levels. The outcomes...

...guideline is considered a standard if the health and economic outcomes of the alternative interventions are sufficiently well known to permit meaningful decisions and there is virtual unanimity about which intervention is preferred. More flexible, but still requiring justification for not following,...