Mind the gap: Mapping variation between national and local clinical practice guidelines for acute paediatric asthma from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
Charlotte KoldeweijNicholas AppelbaumCarmen Rodriguez GonzalvezJoppe NijmanRuud NijmanRuchi SinhaIan K MaconochieJonathan ClarkePublished in: PloS one (2022)
Local CPGs for the management of severe acute paediatric asthma featured substantial variation and frequently diverged from national guidance. Although limited to one condition, this study suggests that unmeasured variation across local CPGs may contribute to variation of care more broadly, with possible effects on healthcare quality.