What is “quality of evidence” and why is it important to clinicians?
- 1 May 2008
- Vol. 336 (7651), 995-998
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39490.551019.be
Abstract
Guideline developers use a bewildering variety of systems to rate the quality of the evidence underlying their recommendations. Some are facile, some confused, and others sophisticated but complexKeywords
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