[The alignment of efficiency studies with clinical guidelines. Where are the opportunities for improvement?].

Objective: To provide insight as well as challenges and opportunities to more effectively align Dutch efficiency research with clinical guidelines.

Design: Evaluation research METHOD: The alignment with existing clinical guidelines regarding medical specialist care was analyzed for 111 efficiency studies funded by the Dutch national health care research programme, and completed between 2018-2023.

Results: Ninety percent of the studies could be linked to a clinical guideline.