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be the application of this set in a future practice test to assess the feasibility in daily practice. In our opinion, most quality indicators for patient-centredness could be used for monitoring and improving the quality of fertility care internationally, occasionally by a broader interpretation (e.g. by replacing the general practitioners with other healthcare professionals engaged in the care process).
Chapter 7 discusses the main ndings from the studies included in this thesis in the light of available literature and recent policy relating to the main phases of the guideline development process. Furthermore, some methodological considerations regarding the exploratory studies performed within the span of this thesis were addressed and discussed.
We concluded that this thesis demonstrates the added value of involving patients in all phases of the guideline development process, as well as of using a patient- centred approach therein; ‘shared guideline development’ is the future of guideline development. In fact, all involved healthcare professionals, their associations, patients, and policymakers are now in the lead to collaborate on implementing this concept. Online participatory tools could contribute to bringing shared guideline development to a higher level while transparently using patients’ input in the guideline development process.
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