Adaptation of Clinical Practice Guidelines

Guideline adaptation is not only an effective approach for low-income countries lacking the ability to develop and obtain high-quality guidelines, but also for middle- and high-income countries or coun-tries with guideline-developing capacity, to reduce work of duplication and fully integrate the existing resources. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the current situation, the theoretical framework, and challenges, and then put forward some thoughts and suggestions on the application of adapting guidelines.